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Catherine Kratka (19) talks with her grandmother, Adela Damien Silver (85) about her life in Cuba and coming to America. We discuss her childhood, her opportunity to get an education at Columbia University, and her life in America as an...

Amarilis (83) talks with her grandson, Lawrence Elmgren (15) about her childhood in Cuba, Fidel Castro coming into power, moving to Spain with two children and her husband, moving to the United States as an immigrant, and raising a family...

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her mother's sister, Mildred Scott, who died several days before this interview. Mildred grew up on a farm in Mississippi and was the last of seven siblings...

My grandma and great grandma talking about their life and how they came to the United States from Cuba

Grandpa from Cuba is telling me his lovely story about the changes he has seen in the world.

In this interview, we discussed topics on life and future plans. We also talked about childhood and past times.

This interview was conducted April 15th 2017.

Esta es la historia de mi amigo de once años Ahmed Rodríguez. Ahmed nos cuenta sobre su cultura y todas dificultades que vivió en Cuba. Finalmente llega a los Estados Unidos como refugiado después de años y varios intentos fallidos...

This is the story of Roger Sosa’s life, and how the Cuban Revolution impacted his life.

This interview is about my grandmother's childhood, and the changes she faced as she made the change from a Cuban lifestyle to an American lifestyle.

This is a story of Roger Sosa’s life, and how the Cuban Revolution impacted it.

I asked five questions to my great-grandmother who told me some of her thoughts on moving to the united states from Cuba. She talked about her happy yet poor childhood and why she had to come to the United States...

Gordon tells his granddaughter, Katherine, how he came to California. After a trip to Havana in college, extra clearance was required for his admission to the Air Force due to Fidel Castro's government in Cuba at the time. With the...

Interviewed my mother in her relationship with those in her life, future advice for me, and adapting herself to America

My mother, Isabel Concepción Gonzalez, giving a personal insight to what immigrating to the United States from Cuba was like.

Talking about Cuba

Interview with Maria Tapias about emigrating from Cuba

Interview about life with my mother

I interview my sister Kalea Wiseman, we talk about her live in Cuba

This interview is about my grandfathers hard time coming from Cuba, and all the hardships he went through.

I interviewed my grandfather on December 1, 2017 about his life story and all that good stuff.

I interviewed my grandmother on how her child hood life was, moving to the United States at the age of 12, events throughout her life. And finishing off with how retirement and grandchildren have treated her.

My grandfather spoke of his life born in Camagüey and moving to havana and then his life going throughout up until Castro and my grandmother did about the same.

I did an interview on my mom about her life which includes her immigration story and how her life was back in Cuba. I also talked about her religion and the difficult moments in her life.

Me and my aunt talked about her early life her proudest moments. And her past a big thank you to her for participating in this interview.