Learning about Mom and her past.

In this interview conducted by Isaac Morales conducted on November 14 2020 we learn about his mother’s past. Norma Parra tells his son about what her life was when she was younger and how it made her who she is.

No matter what you just have to keep trying.

I interviewed my mom who only speaks Spanish and some English. We talked about her childhood and how difficult it was growing up poor. We also talked about her education she wasn’t lucky enough like some of her own family...

The Life of a Single Working Parent

My mother, Alma Palafox, talks about her life experience as a working single mother and a child of immigrant parents. The interview is significant to me because of the important parenting advice she shared with me during the time of...

My mothers story

My mother talked about her life and her childhood. After asking her personal questions about her past, she began to shed tears remembering what she lived through to give us everything. Towards the end of the interview, Both of my...

“Your mom was a month early… and she was little and tiny and really cute!”

Jody (Edna Jo) LaFevers was raised in an old 2 story house with a big front porch in a small town on the Missouri border called Viola. Her mother would make all of her clothes, including her prom dress, so...

My Mom’s story

My mom’s story of migrating to the United States from Mexico and explaining the difference between the two and how our lives were growing up without a dad.

Growing up in Lebanon

This StoryCorps interview was about my grandmothers life growing up in Beirut, Lebanon and her move to Chicago, Illinois.

Storytelling Assignment

Interview of my 45 year old mother regarding her life; including her thoughts, views, and opinions.

Grandma Madeleine Interview

This interview is a one-to-one, over the phone conversation with my grandma about her life. My grandma and I spoke about her childhood, her career as a nurse, and what she wants to be remembered as.

Interview with grandpa

On December 10th Anabella Wade interviewed her grandfather Jorge Leyva. He lived in Tijuana and went to school learning English. In Tijuana he met his love juanita Leyva and moved to America and had 5 children.