Yadiel Hernandez and Yadira Valentin

Yadiel hernandez age 16 and yadira Valentin age 36. We are son and mother with us discussing her move to America and the experiences she had.

Phyllis Smith & Laura Smith

Phyllis and her daughter Laura discussed the birth of Berkeley, Phyllis' son born in the late 70s, and how they were informed about his diagnosis of Down syndrome. In their conversation, they mentioned that one doctor advised against pursuing surgery...

Military Voices – An Interview with Peggy Quast, the wife of a retired Navy Admiral and mother of two Naval Officers

This recording is unique in that it interviews the spouse of a 36 year Navy veteran, a retired Navy Admiral and Vietnam War veteran who is also the mother of two former Naval Officers and the daughter-in-law of another career...

Benjamin Marshall & Laura Smith

Laura recently met Benjamin, who went to school with her brother, Berkeley, who has Down syndrome. Benjamin sat next to Berkeley in sixth grade and he talked about the impact that year had on his life. Because of his exposure...

Recording – 03-14-2024 10:06:30

Jill talks about her mother, Sylvia, who recently passed away. she recalls her life and the legacy she passed on to her children and grandchildren.

Recording – 02-16-2024 19:40:31

The interviewer Valeria Resendiz, 18 years old. The interviewee Jazyn Sanchez, 19 years old. Relationship with each other friends. We mainly talked about our friendship and how is still going to this day.

Yapese Fable

This is Francisco P. Bandag who is 63 years old. he is my father-in-law. He told an ancient story that happened in one of the villages (Talgow) in Yap many years ago. The story is about a single mother with...

Motherhood

my name is Dillon Hill, and today I interviewed Skye Smith. I interviewed skye about the rewards and challenges of being a mother. Skye is my girlfriend, and we have a daughter named Violet. I tried to keep the questions...

Respect the Yapese Elders

Uncle Ramon was sharing how importance of teaching respect to our elders. He encouraged me to pass this on to our new generation. It would be nice to encourage our school system to have it in the classroom as part...

Yap: Value of Respect

Cyprian Manmaw talks about the value of respect in our culture and how it is important to continue to teach our children about it.

Yapese Fable

This is Francisco P. Bandag who is 63 years old. he is my father-in-law. He told an ancient story that happened in one of the villages (Talgow) in Yap many years ago. The story is about a single mother with...

Mom’s Interview

Interviewer - Joemay Tamita (16 yrs old) Interviewee - Maria Tamita (47 yrs old) Relation - Mother/Daughter Questions in Order: 1) When in life have you felt most alone? 2) How would you describe yourself as a child? 3) Who...

Kelsey and Tamara (Part 1)

Kelsey Lewis, age 15, interviewed her mother, Tamara Lee, age 42, about her life, past decisions, and her biggest regrets. This interview is filled with laughs, tears, and so many different emotions. Enjoy your listen as much as we enjoyed...

Anna Bartlett and Kate Johnson

[Recorded Tuesday, September 12, 2023] Anna (19) from Douglasville, Georgia, and Kate (18) from Somerville, Massachusetts participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Anna discusses finding leadership and...

Mother Shares Heroic Story

DESCRIPTION My mom, Julia, discusses her life saving action in college at a river. Her split second decisions and heroic gestures gave her many life lessons and advice to share to future generations. This is a picture of my mom...

Jitka Prokesova & Rori Harris-Killough

Jitka shares her story of getting her nursing degree in communist ruled Czechoslovakia in 1985 and defecting to the U.S. two years later. In the U.S. she couldn't work as a nurse but it was all she ever wanted to...

Dominique, Kotaro and Sona's interview

This interview is our project this semester. We talked about ethnographics with each other.