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Shawn Stover is the much-admired and respected Reentry Coordinator at Ohio Means Jobs of Athens County. He tells his life story, discusses his work with people leaving prison, and shares words of wisdom.

Riya Patel (19) speaks with her mother, Kavita Patel (45), about her life and the challenges she has faced as a woman stuck between maintaining her cultural roots and adapting to changing societal views on gender roles.

Ruth remembers her college days, her first jobs, and her husband.

My mom is a loving person but does not like to show emotion or admit to them. I realized it would be difficult to try and get depth into her answers

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I interviewed my granny about her childhood and how things such as the Civil Rights Movement and poverty affected her education and childhood to now.

A daughter asking her mother questions about her move to America and questions along the line.

Born one of seven in World War Two Germany, Emil (Mike) Kropf speaks about his life—his experience coming to America, being drafted in the U.S. army, meeting the love of his life on a train and coming back to raise...

My grandmother and I talked about her life in Vietnam before the Vietnam War. Then we talked about how it impacted her life and how she came to live in the Philippines.

In this interview, I talk to my dad about his life growing up in India and how his transition was coming to America creating a new life from scratch.