Interview with Abuela

I am 18 years old and Esperanza Ruiz is 75 years old. Esperanza is my grandma and we talked about her childhood, her proudest accomplishments, and how my abuelo and her met.

Interview with Juliana Chavarro

Interview was with Juliana Chavarro, age 19, and Daniela Semino, age 18. Semino was the interviewer and Chavarro was the Interviewee. They have been best friends since 7th grade, 6 years. In the interview they discuss childhood, school, and mental...

Elizabeth Guaracao and Anna Guaracao

Elizabeth Guaracao (67) speaks with her daughter, Anna Guaracao (23), about her immigration story from Colombia to the United States and her first couple of years living in Philadelphia with her oldest daughter, Gabriela. She shares a reflection on what...

Immigrating to America 50 Years Ago

I talked to my grandfather about his experience as an immigrant to the US 50 years ago.

Abuelo 1/2/21

Discussion with my grandfather about growing up in Colombia and the story of the journey to America and starting a new life

Love and sacrifice

The story of an immigrant who left everything behind to come to United States. She speaks of her struggles and goals that she still hopes to accomplish. The love she has for her kids drives her to be a better...

Interview with Diana P. Quiroz on November 30, 2020.

We discussed the life of Diana Patricia Quiroz, from her upbringings in a small town in Madgalena, Colombia to her life as an accountant on Long Island in NY. At the moment, she is 49 years old and reflects on...

Ajani Young interviews his grandfather Steve A. Gresham about his life and what he has learned during it.

Ajani Young, a junior at Egg Harbor Township High School, interviews his grandfather Steve A. Gresham. Steve highlights what he sees as important things in his life. This list includes morals taught to him by his parents, growing up with...

“Be the best you, you can be.”

For "The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2019", Namira Asif who is is 16 years old interviews her mother Farhana Sultana In Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Farhana speaks about what it was like growing up in Bangladesh with her 4 siblings...

The Firefighting Dad!

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Junior at Egg Harbor Township HS, Niki Danz (17) interviews her dad Bill Danz (46) about his 27 years of being a firefighter. He shares his story...

The Importance of Family and Religion

In this interview for the 2019 Great Thanksgiving Listen, Jennifer Barralaga interviewed her mother, Maura Martinez asking about her life before moving to the United States, and the importance of religion to her. Maura explained that the country she grew...

A Better Future

My name is Tiffany Huynh (16) and in this interview I spoke with my grandmother, Nguyet Thi Tran (74). In this interview, my grandmother tells stories and memories from her life in Vietnam to when she immigrated her husband and...

"We Come from a Line of Strong Women"

In this recording Abigail Jacobo interviews her mother, Ana Jacobo about her life in Mexico, what it was like to immigrate to the United States, and about her family. Almost 29 years ago Ana came to this country and was...

Living in the Moment

For the Great Thanksgiving Listen, Timothy Chancey, an Egg Harbor Township High school student, interviews Angelina Gorobchenko, his sister, about her life growing up and the life she is living now. She expresses her feelings of traveling from Russia to...

“Everything Can Be Possible”

Natasha Iqbal, student of Egg Harbor Township High School, interviews her mother, Rosanna Iqbal, about her life. They talk about her childhood, how immigrating to America was, and motherhood. Rosanna Iqbal is an American citizen and a citizen of Dominican...

"I Love You, baby. Be good"

Maci Mercurio, a junior at EHTHS, conducts an interview with her pop pop John D'intino. This interview takes part of The Great Thanksgiving Listen, 2019. Her pop pop is someone who Maci views as extremely wise, loving, and funny. Throughout...

Thanksgiving Interview

this interview I ask my grandmother who was visiting from Colombia about her life. Her full name is Gladys Del Carmen Martinez Rojas and she is mostly known in the family by her nickname Flores (Flower). She was born in...

Mommish

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Nova Lee Migliore (17) talked to her great grandma, Genowefa Mis (also called Mommish, age (88) about living conditions back when she lived in Poland and America,...

Treat Everyone Like Human Beings

This interview was record in Egg Harbor Twp, NJ in my parent's bedroom on November 25th, 2018. I interviewed my mother, Nargis Serneabad, who immigrated from Bangladesh to the U.S. in 1996. She reminisced about her first day landing in...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen With Nana

In this interview made on November 26th 2018 in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey and in Florida I ask my Nana Joan Carmen (71) about her school life when she was younger and what her summers were like when she...