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I learn about my grandmothers experience as a caretaker and the lessons she learned as a nurse, mother, and grandmother.

[Recorded: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024] Blair Christensen, a 22-year-old from Charlottesville, VA and Darby Cain, a 71-year-old from Sheffield, England, discussed their personal beliefs and values, including social innovation, climate change, and access to abortion. They shared their personal experiences...

Mia Yurecko (14) interviews Mario Garcia, her abuelo (76). They talk about his career, what his childhood was like, and some life lessons that he learned over the years. They also talk about Mia's mother and how Mario met his...

Colleagues Margarita [No Name Given] (31) and Pat Medige (57) share a conversation about immigration, focusing in particular on Margarita's experience coming to the United States and eventually gaining DACA status. Margarita also reflects on the importance of education to...

Niece interviews her Aunt about her birth country Venezuela and about “the melting pot” in Venezuela and in the US, and her gratefulness for this country (US).

Ana Belique (36) and her colleague Sharma Aurelien (36) are enrolled in Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates Program, they discuss the activism they engage in regarding women's and citizenship rights.

Wendi Bates (45) asks her parents, Sammye “Vicki” Bates (76) and Marvin "Marv" Bates (79), about the story of her adoption from Guatemala in the late 1970s. They share memories of growing their family through adoption, the intricacies of naturalizing...

The people in this interview is Sophia Ochoa (the interviewer) who is 15 years old, Soledad Vargas (the person getting interviewed) who is 79 years old, Rene Ochoa (translator) who is 45 years old. Sophia Ochoa is the grandchild of...

Ivan describes how an assumption about his citizenship status made him learn about not assuming about anything because we don’t know what the situation people could be going through.

Baoxia Liu was born in Beijing, China and came to the United States in 1997, and she became a US citizen with two children. The interviewer is her 16 year old son, James Huang. She talked about her childhood, lessons...

Carmen Ortiz talks with her granddaughter Coralys Simpson about her forbidden love with an American sailor.

Best friends Joco Soto (24) and Cristian Núñez Ramírez (25) share a conversation about their journeys becoming who they are today, particularly influenced by immigration, queerness, and family both biological and chosen.

i talked to my teammate about her journey to this country. She originally is from Spain and has lived in Louisiana as well

Mother and daughter Edea Trapletti (92) and Lisa Gollard (68) share a conversation about Edea's journey migrating from Italy to the US, finding work in Hollywood and Las Vegas, and setting roots in Las Vegas.

Seref Baltoprak (31) talks with Jackie Neale (50) about his migration from Istanbul, Turkey to Malta. Seref has hopes to stay in Malta and then possibly move to Germany. When Seref was a master's student in visual culture in Turkey,...

Tatiana, her mother, and her daughter all immigrated to Malta from the country of Georgia 5 years ago. Tatiana has hopes of immigrating to the U.S. or Canada in the future for a new and different life than she experienced...

Friends Bella Gonzalez (25) and Zazil Davis-Vazquez (27) talk about their time in Bristol New Hampshire and exchange family stories having grown up in a Latinx household.

Questions about my dad’s experience as an immigrant from Ireland, my childhood, and Sweden. Darren is from Finglas, Ireland, and moved here as a young adult. We talked about that experience and made comparisons between the US, Ireland, and Sweden,...

An interview between a daughter and her Colombian father telling the story of how he came to live in the US

In this interview, I talk with my Grandmother, Arminda (Age 75), about her life. We talk about her childhood and her hometown. As well as a bit about her family, who's father's side came from Spain and her relationship with...

Bob Parsons’ story of becoming a US citizen.

I interviewed my Hispanic mother. I asked her insightful questions which range from discussing her immigration status to her religious beliefs.

My abuela, Carmen Ramos, talks about her experiences after leaving Cuba one fateful day. She traveled up and down the East Coast of the U.S. growing up, and I found that it mirrored how I grew up moving around too.

Anna Paloma Williams (32) asks her mother, Luz Kenyon (58), about what life was like for her as she immigrated to the United States from Mexico and raised her children in a new country. They also discuss the female role...

Friends and coworkers Alex Kolker (27) interviews Shabir Kabiri (29) about his experience attending university in the United States, the differences between Afghan and American culture, and what the American dream means to him.