Puerto Rican Life

Elmer Montalvo, my father, talks about his experience growing as a Puerto Rican and an American

Canadian childhood, American opportunity

This interview, conducted on November 26, 2017, talks about Nadia’s transition from her small town Canadian childhood to her successful career in America. From summer camps and student exchanges to realizing customer service isn’t all that great in America, this...

Margarita Anderson and Leeanna Anderson talk about experiences throughout lifetimes in Miami, Florida

In this interview, Leeanna Anderson interviews her mother Margarita Anderson about her life. Margarita shares her thoughts about being an immigrant and what immigration was like for her. She also talks about what she wishes for the future and what...

The Life of Herman van Beek

The life and family of Herman van Beek, my grandfather. He was born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and grew up during the second Word War under German control. He moved frequently, going to Argentina and Mexico, where he learned English...

Dreams can come true.

My cousin Mehak loved Pakistan. There are lots of things she had to leave behind like her home she grew up her friends and memories. One major even that occurred in her life was coming to America. Here, she can...

Think Positive, be positive.

I talk with my mom about her life stories, I was really young when we first came here so I didn't know about what happened back in Nepal and India. We talked about how it was growing up and childhood...

The story of my Nonna coming to the Unites States from Italy 50 years ago

On December 25, 2022 in Columbia, Maryland, Adriana Smith (15) interviewed her grandmother Ornella Paliotta (69) about her early life in Italy during the Vietnam War, as well as her life in the United States, where she hoped to make...