StoryCorps Interview

I interviewed my sister about living in Los Angeles. Asked her about her life. How her experience was in Los Angeles.

Bryan Palacios and his dad Francisco Palacios talk about his ups and downs in life

In this interview, conducted in November 27, 2022, In Temecula, California, Bryan Palacios(15) interviews his dad Francisco(31) about how he became who is now coming from a place where he had to work to provide for his family. Francisco shares...

The Struggles of Growing Up in Latinx Communities

I am Sheila Garcia(16) interviewing my boyfriend Brandoni Chanax.In this interview we talked about the struggles of growing up in Latinx communities and feeling isolate from being ourselves in the real world.

Robert Resnick and Audrey Resnick

Bob Resnick (87) talked with his daughter-in-law Audrey Resnick (61) about his childhood memories in Los Angeles, his courtship and marriage to Renee, and his experiences in the Navy Reserve, stationed in Hawaii (while Hawaii was still a territory).

Staff Talk About What Working at TreePeople Means to Them

A StoryCorps-inspired montage of five staffers at Los Angeles-based environmental nonprofit TreePeople speaking about what brought them to the work and why they stay. Recorded in 2011, including the voices of Rosa (Bautista) Donis (38), Edith de Guzman (31), Jim...

Edith de Guzman and Andy Lipkis

Edith de Guzman interviews TreePeople founder Andy Lipkis about 50 years in the urban forest movement...and planting 1 million trees for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles

Mom Who Experienced Hollywood in it’s Prime Shares Her View On the American Dream

Paula Fontenot shares how her view of the American Dream has changed over her lifetime. Growing up in Austin, Texas she was exposed to a certain American Dream and set of values. Moving to Los Angeles after College, she was...