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Renee Meer shares a few memories from her childhood including a Yiddish song!

We talked about PopPop’s childhood, when he met my Nana and giving advice

My grandma and I talked about her childhood and passions and aspirations for me and my future.

Asking my uncle about his experiences on 9/11 2001

In this interveiw, conducted in November 2019 in Crofton, Maryland, Kiara Griner (13) interveiws her grandma Sherry Vernal (76) about her life experiences and childhood. Ms. Vernal shares about the importance of the people in her life and the effects...

I asked my mom about her past in the Middle East, mainly childhood. She cherished her time with her family and her academic interests. She opens up and reveals to me how life was in times much simpler than now.

We discussed his times and favorite experiences in Chicago.

A lot of talk about school years and stuff, what growing up was like then

On Thanksgiving day I sit down and ask my grandmother questions about her life and her memories of me.

My grandmother tells me about her life as a child and a parent.

We talked about my mom's childhood and her journey coming to the U.S.

In this interview, Isabelle Papa talks to her dad, Joe Papa, about his childhood and his experience with growing up with four sisters. He shares both happy and sad memories, but says that overall he was lucky to have such...

I decided to ask my mom about 9/11 after doing a History Project in her family

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Chantilly, VA, Cindy Nguyen interviews Ms. Black about her childhood and life. Ms. Black shares her stories on how New York and changes, like a sudden adventure in the military, has made...

Cooking is a form of art and so many people love making and eating food. On January 6th 2019 in Los Angeles California, Jack Beerman interviewed his grandmother Sarabeth Levine to learn about her early life as a pastry chef....

Interview with my dad

Goes through the life of a young Italian girl living with her parents and growing up with Italian immigrant parents

This is an interview about September 11th with my mom who was two blocks away from the World Trade Center.

My mom described her first experience living in the United States emigrating from the Philippines in comparison to her childhood there.

In this interview, conducted on November 28th, 2017 in Norfolk Collegiate School, Virginia, Claire Fornsel (almost sixty) tells her student Emma Lu (17) what was her childhood like and how she decided to be a teacher. Ms. Fornsel is known...

Ted discusses his career in theater, resiliency, and the topic of child abuse

She was a good sport about the interview even though she doesn't like having to answer on the spot. I spent most of my interview asking her about her childhood and memories in general.

Lisa Pfeffer talks about her life growing up on Long Island in an Italian-American family. She discusses being moved to Texas at 12 years old, and facing prejudices for being different. She reflects on her childhood 1700 miles away from...

Mac Frazier shares his memories of the day, and how he was affected by those events.

On November 25, 2018 in Pocantico Hills, New York (in the house that I live in now and the house that my mom's family lived in before) I interviewed my maternal grandfather, my Poppia, Iand rned new things about him.