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Swapnil Napuri (19) interviews his mom, Sowmya Napuri (48), about snippets from her life story ranging from how she is dealing with the pandemic to life in America when she first arrived in 1998 as a first-generation immigrant.

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Annapolis, Maryland, Sarah interviews her aunt Mary Foelster about life growing up in Maryland and her career path along the way. Mary talks about life growing up for her as the...

Vickianna portion

At first my dad was a little uncomfortable doing the interview but as we continued the questions talking about his wedding, his favorite memories, what books he loves, and his experience first living in the U.S he got more into...

My grandma tells her life story of fierce independence

In this interview, conducted on June 3, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois, I interviewed my mother Dinh Luong. We talked about Dinh’s life in America as a Vietnamese immigrant. They also talk about life in Dinh’s home country. We also recount...

In this interview, conducted in November 2019 in Santa Clara, California, I interviewed my dad Philip Whang (55) about his childhood life in Korea and the events that happened at that time. He shared stories about what education was like...

"Estamos tomando un gran riesgo." Marco y su esposa Felicia hablan de como es criar a dos niños pequeños en un matrimonio en el cual uno de ellos es indocumentado.

This is the story of my immigrant stepfather who became a role model to me.

Mary describing the oldest relative she remembers.