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[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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Interview with someone that participated in Lighting For Literacy

A chat with an inspiring person that helps people with the use of lights and building greenhouses out of the greater good.

We have talked about different aspects of who we are and what or who has influenced us.

In this interview, I, Arianna Vargas, learn about how my mom lived and how she felt while moving to the United States.

This interview was between a mother and daughter. The mother does not know fluent English; therefore, I did this interview in Spanish. The Spanish language is also familiar to me, since it is my native language. In this interview, we...

My mothers life in Dominican republic was a life that she really enjoyed. She spent most of her life over there and visited many different places. She got to hang out with her friends on the amazing beaches and she...

Nelson De Soto and Trujillo

Nancy shares her memory of volunteering for the library and what libraries have meant to her.

Interview with Phyllis Kivett about literacy artifacts.

Yeah story behind a cheap, plastic trophy.

The topic changed various times as the questions went on, but they were about how she has lived her life and how she wants to be remembered. It surprised me, as I did not know a lot of this information....