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I talked to my Aunt who gave insight with her optimistic thoughts. Includes both English and Cantonese. Partial translation included.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, Michael Ormond interviews his Grandpa Helmut Rojewski after thanksgiving. Rojewski was from Poland then moved to Germany and finally the US. They discuss the struggles he had when...

Emil talks about his life as a kid in Poland during communism and explains what it was like moving to America

On Thanksgiving day, I (Emily) and Joenna participated in an interview where we talked about the similarities in our lives and how being an Asian American influences it!

I interview my dad on his boat

Valentina Marin (16) interviews her uncle, Leonardo Villa (54) about his childhood in Colombia and about working at the Twin Towers.

My name is Maxmilian Mizis (16) and I interviewed my mom, Macy Geiger (43). We talked about what it was like living with two other siblings, her grandparents, school, and her job and how its changed from what she originally...

Allegra talks Brazil, Mac, grandkids.

Talking to my Dad about his experience while living in Africa as a child and moving to America.

He talked about his life growing up through his family and his school.

We talked about my mom’s childhood and how she ended up where she is today.

Fabiola Resto & Pedro Damasceno speak prior to a vigil held for the victims of the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14th, 2018— a day prior to the date of this conversation. Fabiola shares her first-hand experience...

In this interview conducted on November 28, 2019 in Vineland, New Jersey, Alexandria Cotter, a student at EHTHS,interviews her Uncle Ismael Ventura Jr. about his life growing up. He shares stories about his siblings and parents. He explains how religion...

Learned about my dads childhood and history of schools in the 70’s.

This interview was record in Egg Harbor Twp, NJ in my parent's bedroom on November 25th, 2018. I interviewed my mother, Nargis Serneabad, who immigrated from Bangladesh to the U.S. in 1996. She reminisced about her first day landing in...

In this interview, I interview my grandmother Betty Savage in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 24, 2017. Betty reflects on her childhood, family, accomplishments, aspirations, hobbies, and lessons she's learned over the years. She discusses her grandmother, cousins, mother, father,...

We talked about Mr Steve's childhood, career, and future.

“The jumper had a little bib on it…like overalls, but not like overalls.” When Jenny (on the right) is in middle school, her grandmother, a tailor, makes her an ill-fated jumper. Despite hiding it in the back of her closet,...

In this interview conducted in December 2017 in Plano, Texas, Jennifer Xia interviews her dad Tianbing Xia and mom Cindy Qi about what is was like growing up in China, especially school life. Tianbing Xia shares insight on what day...

Aden interviews her grandma about growing up in Manhattan

“I would see stop signs and below the word stop it would say Iran”. On 1/6/19, in Los Angeles, Ani Adell interviewed her mom, Megan Adell, about her leaving her home in Iran and coming to America, and how being...

Eliza Peterson (21) talks with her sister Julia (20) about her experiences in school, from kindergarten to senior year. Julia shares about impactful teachers, her school-related anxiety, and her best memories.

I interviewed my grandma for the Great Thanksgiving Listen. We’re in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey. I asked questions about her life and childhood. We talked about her parents, grandparents, and 5 siblings. Learned about what she did as a...

Rodd Bay has been my father in law for a while now and I decided to pick him for my interview because I wanted to get to know him better as a person. We both had a great time during...

In this interview, recorded in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey on November 21st, 2018, Taylor Carr (16) interviews her marching band director Ben Fong (66) about his life and career. Taylor asks many emotional questions about Ben's family life and...