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One Small Step partners Denzal Zarinelli (34) and Levi Feil (20) talk about their lives in Kansas, their faith, and their views on healthcare, gun rights, and immigration.

Arthur’s experience immigrating from the Soviet Union to the United States in 1978.

I interviewed my mother about her experience immigrating to the United States. She talks about her hardships and favorite memories in middle school and college. We also discussed how she met my dad and we talked briefly about me as...

One Small Step conversation partners Kimberly Patterson [no age given] and Joyce Space (79) discuss their backgrounds and values, their experiences with faith, and political issues that are salient to them.

Discussing life and life lessons with my 74 year old Noni

Oscar Rayo discusses his immigration experience with his two sons Dominic and Dylan.

Loyola University Chicago MSW student Kate Dawson talks with her best friend of many years, Chloe Kilano, about growing up with two immigrant parents from Iran. The two reflect on Chloe's experience of being a first-generation college student while challenging...

Susan Kelley (57) sits down with her mother, Grace Kelley (89), to talk about her experience immigrating to the United States from Palestine, to discuss her passions for nursing and music, and to remember members of their family who have...

Ali Albaqshi's immigration story. From Saudi Arabia to Milwaukee

This interview is about my grandfather, Gregory Kokkalis (75), immigration story. It was about his hardships coming from a country that is not as fortunate as America. He also explained his dreams, his experiences, his expectations, etc.Dreams

A interview with my grandmother who emigrated from South Korea.

This is an interview for my Honors Spanish class. We had to interview an immigrant in East Tennessee about their life in the United States. This is Alexa Maqueo-Toledo's story.

Maria Moncada takes on an interview with her mother, Carmen Ramirez. In this interview they discuss her mother’s experiences and how she has came to be the strong woman that she is today.

McKale Thompson’s talks to her grandpa about thanksgiving and Jamaica

Learning more about my aunt. Her immigration story. Her struggles. East vs. West preferences.

Our time together as a couple and our families.

[Recorded: Friday, June 10, 2022] Sarita (21, UVA '22) and Amanda (27, UVA '17) have a One Small Step conversation during Alumni Weekend at UVA. Sarita and Amanda, both recent UVA graduates, discuss life after college and their shared interest...

My interview with my mother, Sasha, discussing her childhood in the Soviet Union as a Jew, and her immigration and assimilation in the US.

Andover Stories of American Identity: Juan Morales shares his harrowing story about coming to America as a young child. He discusses the importance of family, culture and hard work.

In this interview, on November 25, 2021, at Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Denise Carreon interviews her mom, Elizabeth Carreon. Talk about Elizabeth's life and hardships growing up in Mexico transitioning to the United States, while experiencing racism for being...

We talked about immigration and different aspects of immigration

Brookelyn talks with her mother about their family history with a focus on her mom’s immigration from Vietnam to the U.S.

On November 27 2017, I interview my mother, Rita Ngo in Egg Harbor Township NJ, in my house specifically, the kitchen. I am Peter Tran living the normal life of an American student, however my mother grew up in Vietnam,...

My mom and I talked about her experiences when she first immigrated to the United States. We discussed the emotions and difficulties she went through as she first came and how everything had changed from what she was used to.

Immigration with Nelson