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Bernadette was born in 1971 and immigrated to France and the United States in the 90's. This is her story. Recorded in Polish

This is the story of how my 65 year grandmother came to the United States and was able to provide for her and her children.

I interview my grandfather of his life

We discussed my fathers childhood adaption from living in a different country to moving to the United States.

Interview with Vassil Kachkin on immigrating to the U.S.

My grandma is a first generation immigrant to the United States. She came to this country from Ecuador at 8 years old. She shared with me her memories as a young child living in Ecuador and growing up in Chicago.

This interview is a story of the life of my mother when immigrating to America and starting a new life.

Peter Singh (16) talks with his grandmother, Mercedes Luz (70) about her childhood and growing up in the Philippines. Mercedes discusses her time in Iran during the Iran Iraq war as a nurse in a military hospital. She traveled across...

Dad’s immigration journey and what he expierenced the first 15 years in the US.

I interviewed my mom on her transition from a small town in Mexico to living in Chicago. We talked on her journey as an immigrant and her early years here in the states.

An interview between a granddaughter and her Greek immigrant grandmother.

This is the immigration journey of Marilyn, a Venezuelan girl who left her country, due to increased violence, and came to the US to pursue a better future

Ilse talked about her trasition from Germany to America and the different jobs she has had.

Covering topics from family to teaching at a CPS school.

My grandfathers journey from India to America

This interview was recorded by Caroline Docherty on November 13th, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Caroline (age 16) asks her grandma, Margaret Haran, about her immigration to the United States from Ireland in 1963. Margaret describes her immigration experience and what...

Ana has worked with many first and second generation immigrants. She has seen how immigration status impacts individual and family well being as well as access to basic goods and services.

Mexican-American family speaks on their experience with family separation and many of the struggles they’ve faced going through this.

There was the mention of the importance of education, life lessons, professional satisfaction and growth, stories of moving between countries (and the courage in doing so), retold WWII anecdotes, globalization, and some dating advice.

In December 2019 in Voorhees, New Jersey, Caroline Quigley (15) interviewed her grandmother Anna-Marie Lento (80) about her immigration to the United States during the World War II time period. Born in 1939, Anna-Marie lived in Italy until she and...

I, Juliana Tamayo, interview my friend Yessenia who is a DACA recipient. We speak about our friendship and Yessenia has navigated higher education as a DACAmented student. We've known each other for over ten years but these are topics we...

I wanted to know more about my grandmother's life. So I asked her.

In this interview, my mother, Maria Paredes, continues to tell stories about her hometown, her rebellious childhood, happiest memories, and biggest regrets as well as what it was like coming to the United States as an immigrant.

interviewing my mother Urszula Ciszyk about immigration.

Gillian (age 13) interviews her babysitter (age 58) about her move to America from Poland and lessons she has learned and hopes to teach.