Faith and knowledge
December 5, 2019 App Interview

This interview was conducted December 4th 2019 in Fresh Meadows, New York by Aliza Qamar (14). She interviewed her mother, Amber Qamar (36) as they discussed the significance of education. The interviewee elucidates how her family and academia counterbalanced one...

Best Friend Troubles

On December 1st 2019, Yongjun Yang interviewed Zoe Schwartz, his cousin. She tells about troubles with her friends and family. She also talks about her experiences and how she dealt with her problems.

The Childhood of My Cousin

In this interview, I interviewed my cousin, Jason, on his childhood and his experience with school.

Struggles with American Cultures

It is November 27th and this interview is taking place in Queens, New York. Lusine Galstian and her mother, Tatevik Galstian, talk about how it was like for her coming to America and not knowing any English. They also talk...

Finding out about my mother’s life

Brian lin asks his mother about her life with a chinese translator. Even though he's her son, this is the first time he's never really spoken to her like this, so he's quite excited and embarrassed at the same. Overall...

Challenges in transitioning from Colombia to United States.

The hard transitioning from Colombia to United States and, how can family effects and supports you in a positive way. See as well show the struggle of language barriers. she as well shows why she left Colombia in order to...

My Grandma is experience

In this interview conducted in November 2019 in flushing, New York, Jenny Pan (15) is interviewing her grandma He Bao Ying (67). Her grandma talking about her childhood and experiences. Revealing a little about her son( the father)’s childhood. Also,...

The Power of Family to an Uncle’s Identity- Alexander Tan

Alexander Tan, a student of Francis Lewis High School, interviews his uncle, Matthew Goldberg: a writer and a father. They talk about how family has shaped Matt’s identity and other topics such as politics and how having pets affects identity...

“Education is important because it can improve my communication” A mother reflects her life changes with her son

Johnny Jiang, age 14 from NY Flushing, is conducting an interview about his mom. Johnny Jiang asks his mom about a life changing event and how it affected her. He also ask his mom whether she took education seriously or...

“English was a problem for me.”

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in College Point, New York. Helen Chen(14), interviewed her mother, Xiaofeng Yang(38), about her experiences when coming to America for the very first time. Xiaofeng Yang shares the difficulties that she had faced...

My Father's Interesting Past

I am Alex Wong and on December 1st, 2019, at home, my father and I talked about a few moments in my father's life that were significant to him. He told me about how he met my mother. He told...

How My Dad Overcame His Life Challenges

This interview was done on December 1st, 2019 in my family's living room. In this interview, my dad, Nitin Panchal mentioned that he had to overcome many obstacles in his life. These barriers made it more difficult for him to...

Life In The Philippines Versus Life In America

On December 1st, 2019, Gian Paulo Meneses (52) talks with Isabelle Meneses (13) about his life in the Philippines. In the interview, Gian Paulo tells of people in his life, both in the Philippines and America, as well as differences...

You learn as you grow

On December 1st, 2019, Joy Park and her father Jay Park gets together to have a conversation about Jay Park’s early life and experience as he learns many new things from coming to America. Joy asks him questions about his...

My sister’s love for performing

Rachel explains her childhood memories of dancing. She also tells me how she fell in love with preforming. She wants this career more because it is hard to achieve. She lastly give great advice to others who want to pursue...

“…seeing them happy is worth it”

Today in Flushing, New York, Leah Song interviewed her mother Mijin Song. She was able to catch a glimpse of her mother's childhood and lessons she learned throughout her life. During her mother's childhood, she experiences situations like a dysfunctional...

The Great Listen w/ cousin, Serlina

Sinar Chen interviews her persevering cousin, Serlina Yu, who shares about her life experiences and past jobs. She talks about how the life she imagined as a teen was much different as her life now and the life lesson she...

“Face the Future”

In this interview, conducted on December 1, 2019 in New York, Flushing, Minna Huang(14) interviewed her brother Kevin Huang(18) about his childhood and school life. Kevin Huang shares his experience growing up in Manhattan and his struggles during school. He...

“I have more responsibilities now. I can manage my time and like take care of myself”.

On December 1,2019 I(Jasmeen Kaur) interviewed Harsimrandeep Singh who is my brother. I am 14 years old and my brother is 19 years old. He is really important to me and he taught me things that nobody has ever told...

“The Person Whose Had the Greatest Impact is my Wife”-how coming to the U.S changed my grandfather’s life.

Foti Karoutsos(14) and his grandfather Foti Moutopolos(79) talk about migrating from Greece to America in 1966. They discuss what it was like to be welcomed here, and all the memories and accomplishments he’s fond of since then. His grandfather explains...

As Humans, Adapting is What We Do Best

This interview took place in Bayside, New York, on December 1st, 2019. In it, Ami Farrell asks her mother, Setsu Sakaguchi, about the challenges she has faced in life and what she has learned from them. As an immigrant from...

Life in America and Life in Korea

Hanmin speaks with her father Il Kug Kim. In this interview Il Lug Kim talks about his life in Korea, when he had to serve in the military, and what he learned throughout his life. He talks about how his...

8,044 miles from home

Kyle Yeung, son of Chiu Yeung, interviews his father to learn more about his childhood and what the process was like moving from Hong Kong to New York at the age of 17 with three sisters. In this interview, Chiu...

“Just A Lot of Imagination”

In Flushing, New York, a hardworking father, George Dakis, and his 14-year-old daughter, Christina Dakis, converse about his life in a Greek-American household. They talk about his inspiring life and the hardships he went through to become the man he...

My Mothers Childhood as A Chinese Immigrant

This interview is based on Betty Chan’s childhood, from immigrating from Hong Kong to America. We talked about what her childhood was like in both Hong Kong and America, how were they different and what she thought of it. The...