Mom’s journey to America

Justin Lam(16) interviews Pauline T Lieu(his mom) about her upbringing and how it was affected by the Vietnam War up to her early adult life studying for a PhD in biology.

Interview with Sebastian & Pamela Sinclair

This is an interview with my grandma on my dads side who was a child during World War Two. During the interview we mostly talk about her child hood but also her memories from life in general.

Junko Takamatsu’s Story of America with her Granddaughter Lauren Kwong

Junko Takamatsu (age 74) is an Japanese American woman born after WWII. She shares her story of coming from Japan to the America. Her granddaughter, Lauren Kwong (age 16) asks her questions about her life in America.

My Cousin, Beth’s Life In China

This interview is about my cousin’s life living in china. We talked about covid, her life, our relationship, and more.

“Most of the children were children of ambassadors”

What it was like to grow up in Japan and then move the the US to go to school with children from influential families from around the world

RR English American Dream Interview

This interview discusses the American Dream with my aunt. We go into depth about the culture and politics related to this Dream.

Brenda Rodriguez and Leanna Gruhn

Loyola University Chicago MSW student Leanna Gruhn discusses issues in immigration with Brenda Rodriguez, a Compañera from the Taller De José agency located in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. In this clip, Brenda discusses what she wishes people would know about...

As Humans, Adapting is What We Do Best

This interview took place in Bayside, New York, on December 1st, 2019. In it, Ami Farrell asks her mother, Setsu Sakaguchi, about the challenges she has faced in life and what she has learned from them. As an immigrant from...

“Challenge yourself for what you think you can’t do.”

On December 1st, 2019, Karina Lo speaks with Belinda Lo, who is her mother. Karina asks Belinda about her childhood and the experience from when she came to America. They discuss about the hardships and challenges Belinda went through to...

English Extra Credit Opportunity

This interview was conducted on December 1, 2019. I talked to my uncle Marjo Mercado about his experience immigrating from the Philippines to the U.S. We also went in to discussion about his experiences in both the Philippines and in...

My mother and her experience moving to America

My mother immigrated to America from Japan 20 years ago, and has lived here ever since. In this interview, I ask about her experience as the first and only member of her family to move out of Japan, and about...

Oz Geoghegan’s international childhood; growing up in different continents

Talking to my Japanese mother about her life growing up and how moving influenced her childhood and later life decisions.

Abbey Brennan & Giovanna Domene

I interviewed Giovanna Domene, an international student who came to Taylor from Brazil.

Stop Iran

“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...

Rodd Bay: A life’s story

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...

Working in Another Language

Despite being in Japan for the earthquake in 2011, Gerald Hirshberg doesn't tell that story, because stories of interacting with the place and the people are far more earthshattering. In November of 2017, Kate Hirshberg interviewed her grandfather, Gerald 'Jerry'...

Xin Qi and Tianbing Xia talk about growing up in Beijing

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...

Dan Palmer and his grandmother Nazar Awwad talk about her life.

In this interview, conducted November 24, 2017 in Albany, NY, Dan Palmer (16) interviews his bilingual (in Arabic and English) Grandmother, Nazar Awwad (73), about her life in America as well as in the Middle East. Nazar shares some of...