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Thomas and RuiFeng, who are both faculty members at Troy University's international office are an office room apart on usual workdays. In this segment on Thanksgiving week, they sat down together away from the office setting to discuss about their...

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

My mother's life before and after immigrating.

the questions were not in order because i didn’t use them through out. my grandpa immigrated to america in august because his family lived in hawaii. he talks about some experiences living in america, why he doesn’t miss living in...

In this interview, recorded on November 2020 in Alamo, California, Valentina Deng (13) interviews her mom, Maggie Deng (53) about life. Maggie talks about how school has had a big impact on her life, and how all the hard work...

Getting to know Annie and her life experiences.

My dad was born in 1953 in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. It was a time of poverty and revolution for him when the Chinese Cultural Revolution began.

We talked about my mom’s history as a Chinese immigrant to America.

Interview with 15 years old Penelope Platt, adopted from China to the US.

Ellen’s Immigration story

“After every air raid we would have to count heads to make sure everyone was okay”. On January 1, 2019, 14 year-old Taylor Huie interviewed her grandmother, Sylvia Huie, about her experience escaping the Japanese-Chinese War in the 1930s when...

Leonard Hom recounts how his grandfather moved from China to the United States during the Gold Rush and what it was like growing up in a Chinese community in the United States. His grandfather's bold decision to cross the Pacific...

Interview with my mom to remember my brother Patrick who disappeared climbing a mountain in Mongolia.

Why did you come to America

In this interview, conducted in November 26, 2017 in Corona, New York. En Yang has been one of the top students in school, thinking he would be a police officer. We were also talking about parential advice, what was I...

We talked about my moms childhood and the schools shes attended, the lessons she's learned, and words of advice she has for future generations.

A small chat to catch up with each other and a look on past experiences.

As family comes closer, the stories we mention must be told to everyone. In this interview, held in Los Angeles, Cici Tsuo and Oliver España address their numerous moments together as well as Cici’s past, including her father, track coach,...

The story of my grandmother’s childhood and how her mother introduced the first authentic Chinese food to the United States.

We talked about my mother's life in China and in America.

Interview with my grandma.

Phoebe Kwan (2-2-1-6) Interviewing her brother Andrew Kwan (2-2-1-1) about their immigration from Hong Kong to the USA

lily nadler (F16) and molly dose (f46) mother daughter talk about molly going to China for an exchange program when she was in college (1990s)

The story of my mom’s journey to America and living her dream.

Enkhjin talks about going to the Mongolian countryside and talking about school and customs.