The Life of Penny Martin

On November 25th, 2018 Madison Hall (16) interviewed her Nana Penny Martin (59) in Lincoln County, Oregon. They spoke on her youth and family. This leads to Penny recounting past regrets resurface from a young age, discussing education and children....

Kawther Ghafoori: Interview with my Mom

This interview switches between Arabic and English. My mom describes her childhood in Iraq, the Iran-Iraq war, the Arab Gulf War, her college life, her current job, how she raised her family, and her life as a new immigrant coming...

Grandpa Interview

In this interview, conducted in Andover, MN, Trea Houska (14) interviews her grandpa, Bob Houska (84) about his life growing up in a small town in northern Minnesota. Bob talks about his favorite hobbies as a child during the Great...

Interview with Edward Verdonk

This is short interview with my dad Edward Verdonk. We discuss topics such as childhood, jobs, future, and holidays. Ed is a physicist and father to 4 living in San Jose CA.

Interview with Jennifer Crittenden and kailynn Crittenden about Jennifer’s early life

Jennifer and kailynn talked about Jennifer’s early childhood and her memories of her family. Kailynn learned lots about her mom and her grandparents.

Lessons in growing up young, becoming self-reliant and love during loss with Merrill Leslie and Jeff Maudlin

Merrill Leslie (82) shares stories with her oldest son Jeff Maudlin (66) on surviving a crazy childhood, becoming self-reliant at an early age and the lessons of dignity and love in death with the passing of a child, parent and...

Interview with Lynn Edmunds

We talked about her childhood memories growing up in northern California in the 70s. She discussed a funny childhood story, the loss of her best friend when she was eleven, the interesting farm life of her parents, and the jobs...

Impressions On How Life Has Changed For The American

This interview conducted in Niskayuna, New York in December 2017, by Matthew Chao (16) interviewing his grandfather John Dowley (74) about his time growing up and his family. Dowley shares how his family influenced his life and initiated changes in...