Christian Diance & Scott Acord

Christian wanted to be a nurse from an early age after watching his immigrant mother get her nursing degree and help lift the family out of poverty. He also talks about his work with Stop the Bleed.

Interview with Asnake Deferse and Sara Gebre

Asnake Deferse & Sara Gebre is a couple from Ethiopia with Asnake coming to America first in 1990. 15 years later, he went back to his country to marry Sara and then the two came to the United States together...

Honor Flight Connecticut May 2023 – Honoring Connecticut's Veterans from World War II, Korea and Vietnam

I followed military veterans from Connecticut on their Honor Flight to the capitol and followed them as they visited the war memorials and reminisced about those conflicts, their involvement in them and their lost friends

Kiersten and Adriana: Supporting Joy and Connection with Refugee Girls

Kiersten: 2022-12-05 15:32:50 Kiersten and Adriana discuss GirlForward, a Chicago-based non-profit that supports girls who have been displaced globally by conflict and persecution. The conversation focuses on making connections and finding joy in experiences big and small.

KIND client Saul in conversation with his KIND attorney Jessica Mols (ENGLISH)

KIND Client Saul fled danger in Guatemala as a teenager and gained safety in the United States with assistance from his KIND attorney Jessica Mols. Saul and Jessica discuss their joy in working together, their love of family, and dreams...

Common Ground Tacony: Janice Monzo-Perry

This week I interview my cousin Janice Monzo who is originally from South Philadelphia 5th & Dudley Sts, but worked all over the city with the Salvation Army for 34 years. While working for the Salvation Army Janice's job was...

Immigration Stories Malta: Seref Baltoprak, "I was a master's student in visual culture in Turkey."

Seref Baltoprak (31) talks with Jackie Neale (50) about his migration from Istanbul, Turkey to Malta. Seref has hopes to stay in Malta and then possibly move to Germany. When Seref was a master's student in visual culture in Turkey,...

Interview with Umutesi K.

Umutesi K. is a 17 year old living in Denver, Co and going to West Leadership High School. In 2012, at age 11, Umutesi K. immigrated with her family from Rwanda, which experienced a lot of violence from the Civil...

Victoria’s Immigration Journey

A conversation between a student and Victoria, an immigrant from England. They discuss differences between schools in the United States and England. As well as the struggles that come with immigrating to a whole new country at a young age.