Growing Up in Chicago

This interview was conducted November 26, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Natalia Beltran (16) interviewed her mom, Erica Avila (36) about her childhood in Humboldt Park and how living in such a troubled neighborhood shaped her into the woman she is...

The Story Of Alaina Braxton

On January 4th 2023, Luci Greisman (15) interviewed her grandmother, Alaina Braxton (68). Alaina Braxton was born in 1956 and during this interview, Alaina Braxton shared her love of travel, talked about immigrating to the United States from Ireland, and...

Boy meets Miltary Base

Once upon a time a young boy went through the stages of life: childhood, college, and being all grown up; however this same boy got to travel the world, become the resident advisor of his college dorm and work at...

Interview with Dad – September 2019

My father was diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer in April 2019. We took a trip to NYC to check off items on his bucket list and knowing this is the last trip we would take, I wanted to...

Interviewing my dad

What was talked about was my fathers childhood, what he thinks of the world, what he thinks of me and what he thinks it means to be successful. We also added addition questions to questions like “where did you grow...

Interviewing my mom

We talked about my mom's origin. Also, we talked about her backstory of when she came to America.

Juan Partida’s Life

My dad, Juan Partida, shares about his early childhood, favorite family traditions, and how he met my mom.

Raudel speaks

My dad is not a very opened person and I decided to choose him because I would like for him to open up me about his life and what it was like for him growing up.