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Spoke with my mom about her life growing up. Also about our family’s background. Interview done in Spanish.

This was a interview I conducted with my Grandmother about her life in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a child and what it was like growing up. We also talked about my ancestry and what it was like moving to the...

We talked about Lois's jobs as a teenager, my dad (Lois's son), and her life.

Clementina Gamboa described her life growing up in Jalisco, Mexico and making the journey to Chicago and finally Evergreen Park, IL.

I interviewed my father on his childhood and some of his low and high points in his life.

I interviewed my oma who was an immigrant from Yugoslavia. We talked about her struggles coming over to the new country and how she grew up.

Blanca Rodríguez Valtierra is interviewed by her 17 year old granddaughter Stefi de la Torre. From early childhood struggles with learning English to a terrible flood incident, Blanca uncovers several family stories.

In this interview, conducted on November 2017 in Cicero, Illinois, Jose interviews older brother, Javier, about his upbringing in the US from Mexican immigrant parents. Javier shares stories about his childhood and teenage years in the city of Chicago. He...

Maya interviews her grandmother about her immigration from Taiwan in 1969

In this interview, I sat down and chatted with my grandfather who is on my fathers side. In addition to that, we talked about how he grew up as a child in North Carolina and Chicago, his time in the...