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My mom interviewing about her self

Sandy and Lenny Spiegel tell about their determination to pursue higher education despite socio-economic challenges. A surprising union - Sandy, a social worker and Lenny, a physicist - met each other in Chicago in the late 1980s and followed their...

1st interview with our mother/grandmother and how she remembered growing up. David age 49 Derek age 46 Marci age 18 Dee age 81

Sarah Justus (24) interviews her grandmother Rosa Benedicto (77) about Rosa's immigration from Ciuadad Juarez, Mexico to Chicago, Illinois. Rosa would eventually settle in El Paso, Texas. The pair also discuss Rosa's marriage and love story with her late husband.

Life partners Gabriela Cadena [no age given] and Donaciano Cantu (48) discuss their relationship and the travels they have taken together. They also discuss their plans for the future, including getting married in 2023.

Jill Schmidt (68) interviews her brother, John "Jack" Badke (76) about his experiences in the Vietnam War.

I was able listen to my grandma’s story and what she had to go through

My great uncle Ed recalls memories from early childhood during the depression as well as cultural aspects from his Czechoslovakian ancestry.

Husband and wife, Anthony Buralli (32) and Annabella Vidal-Ruiz (32), talk about their experience during COVID as spouses and Annabelle as a nurse working in a hospital.

McKenna Torres (25) and her husband, Jim Torres (26), reflect and share anecdotes on their varying roles being students, teachers, and now a married couple.

This interview is a story of the life of my mother when immigrating to America and starting a new life.

My name is Oona Wade and for my US history class I was given assignment to interview someone important to me about a time in their history. I picked my grandma about the 1960s.

The interview with Irene about her difficult times in life and good times and how it’s pushed her to do better. The lessons that were learned that pushed her into a successful future.

This is an interview with my dad

That my mom was more talkative and my dad was right to the point.

A short look into the childhood and adult life of my grandfather Arnold John Cruickshank

Just talked about random things and her life

Dillip Mehta(69) talks about his experience coming from India into the United States

My Tita and I talk about her life growing up in Mexico City and reflect. We also discuss how she would like to be remembered.

Learn about Mr. Fordney’s life

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

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...

Interview of Ann Kruss early life

An immigrant's success story and example of living life to its fullest.

Kt talks to Grandpa Lanoue about living and working in Cloud county Kansas in the early 1950s.