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Allie asks Rosa about her experience immigrating from Dominican Republic to America. She touches upon her endeavors to success arriving here and her obstacles having to grow up so fast.

Mother Lettie (age 83) and daughter Jenny (age 52) talk about how important reading has impacted Lettie's life!

Friends and nursing colleagues Joanne (74) and Anne (71) discuss Joanne’s experience as a mid-life Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala, which led to a far-reaching career as a nurse consultant working with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, USAID, and Ministries...

Janet Adams looks back on her time in the Peace Corps teaching kids in South America. She also talks about meeting her husband.

[Recorded: Friday, September 22nd, 2023] Jess Haykov (19) from Hollywood, Florida, and Julia McCormack (19) from Silver Spring, Maryland participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Julia shares...

Yolieny (44 años), nos narra su travesía migratoria desde la partida de su tierra natal Republica Dominicana, La entrevista con Yolieny, una inmigrante profesional que llega a Puerto Rico territorio de los Estados Unidos, revela sus desafíos al intentar ejercer...

Marianne Apple moved to Fearrington Village just before the beginning of the Covid pandemic. Circumstances brought her here after the nearly simultaneous losses of her husband of 48 years and her mother. She called upon her wealth of resources gained...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Meshack (16), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship for secondary school. Meshack tells us about his struggles through primary school with neighbors who practiced witchcraft and his experience in secondary...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Brighton (13), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school. Brighton shares a traditional Teso folktale about the hyena and hare—a folktale that was told to him by his...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Melissa (15), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school. Melissa shares about her childhood swimming and gathering water from the river that runs between Amagoro and Kocholia and...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Maureen (17), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship for secondary school (high school). Maureen shares about being raised by absent grandparents and Kiwimbi’s role in getting her to a competitive...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Nick (15), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school (high school). Nick shares about his childhood being raised by a single mother and grandmother, and his inspiring educational...

[Recorded: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023] Mark (67) and Luke (33) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Mark opened Charlottesville's hallmark running store, Ragged Mountain Running and coaches running for the community. Luke served in the Peace Corps...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Eliud Felix discusses his journey from his life growing up in Manhattan and the Bronx to working at Andover High School. He has deep family values and traditions, and hopes to see them continue through...

Asifa Kanji Life Story

Owen and Bobby muse over topics of literacy, education, service, and life.

My name is Caren, and I met Aladji in Atlanta, Georgia this November 2022. I quickly realized that he has a very very interesting life that I thought would be perfect for StoryCorps. Aladji is from Senegal, and he’s been...

Ana interviewed her older sister, Mariana on the topic of literacy. They discussed Mariana’s journey in becoming numerically literate and how it shaped and impacted her life.

Kaiwen 28. I was asking him about how digital and emotional literacy has affected him.

This interview is between me, Dominic-15, my mother Maria-49. I ask her questions on how it was to immigrate from the dominican republic to the united states. The interview is in spanish

[Recorded: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022] Panagiotis (49) and Liz (78) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Panagiotis is a professor of computer science at the University of Virginia, and Liz is a Baptist pastor at New Beginnings...

Miriam talks with her grandfather about his life growing up in a Polish-American family in upstate New York, then going to college, serving in the Peace Corps in Chile, and working for the US forest Service.

Coming out in my country was not easy. I have come through as a confident and happy young man.

Kristine Guerrero talks about Mangu, Los Tres Golpes, La Bandera. She explains what it means in her culture and why it is important. She talks about how it is made and how it represents her homeland.

Jonathan Daube (Northampton, MA) speaks with Selena DeCosta (Easton/Amherst, MA) about his time spent teaching in Malawi and how it shaped his view of the world for the rest of his life.