growing up and learning with the natural world

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

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Interview with my Father, Stratos Efstratiou (His life, Stories, and More!)

While spending time at home over Thanksgiving break, the opportunity to interview my father about his life stories and experiences popped up. Just a nice father-daughter interview.

A Gritty Childhood Growing Up in Queens

In this interview we go in depth about the childhood of one who grew up in the streets of New York, and what the life of one who grew up there may hold for them. My name is August Mazzara...

My Grandmother’s Story

Everybody has their own story. For this project I decided to interview my grandmother. This storycorps project has benefited me because now I understand the challenges and all the hardships that my grandmother has gone through. My grandmother’s responses to...

Hello Roy!!

This interview is about my friend – Roy. Everyone has a unique childhood, also including him. We talked about the memory of childhood, change of life, matter of family, etc. Moreover, this interview helped me know more about my friend....

“Person with a Purpose”

During Thanksgiving, Jeffrey interviewed his mother, Corinna. Throughout the discussion, Jeffrey ask questions about her identity such as her childhood that made her the person she is today. To add on, Corinna also discusses a few life lessons and experiences...

My Fathers Journey

My father and I got the chance to really sit down and speak a little about his experience coming to the United States . There were many things I learned about what it was like when my father first came...

Interview with my Mother

In this interview, I interview my mother about her childhood, family, and memories. She explains how she wants to affect others and be remembered as someone who helped and influenced them to do better. Family has been a major part...

Mother's Day chat with Eileen Clark.

We discussed Eileen's early life in Queens, New York, her marriage to Henry Clark, and how they moved to Long Island to raise a family.

Mother's Day chat with Jean McNeill

We discussed what it was like for Jean growing up in NYC and then raising a family on Long Island.