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Shyam Lingam talks with his nephew Vamsi Kosaraju about immigrating to America.

Marie-Anna Das (17) talks with her mother about her life now and in the past. She is an immigrant from the Czech Republic and her name is Marketa Rosecka (48) and has lived here since 2003.

Paige McLaughlin (17) interviews her mother Karin McLaughlin (47) about the past and present of her life. She shares lessons learned, happy memories, difficult memories, and how this has connected to her life today.

Tyler Fontanez (17) talks with his mother, Gretchen Gillung-Fontanez (48), about her life, her dreams, and what she hopes for the future for both herself and her children.

Karishma Babani (17) talks with her mother, Manju Babani (44) about her life before changing her life and how it how it is different from her current one. This included lessons she has learned and the way both of these...

Brooke Colangelo (17) talks with her mother, Marie Colangelo (53) about her childhood, life lessons she has learned and the way both of these factors play a role in her current life and hopefully her future.

Daniel has a friendly interview with his mom, discovering new things about her past. As he asks her questions, his mom reveals more and more about her life.

Karam (15) interviews his father Wayel (56) about his past adventures and his family. Wayel describes his experiences traveling around the world to secure a better life for his family back in Syria. Then, he talks about his current life...

On May 14th, I, Stephany Gonzalez (16), interviewed my older cousin, Catarina Juan (20) for my Service Learning Project about Institutional Racism. She talked about the struggles of race and ethnicy she faced when she migrated to the United States...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Jim Batchelder, with thirteen generations in Massachusetts, recollects his life growing up in Andover. After becoming a beloved art teacher for many years, and working closely with the Andover Center for History and Culture to...

Vicki tells Neissa about one thing that had a huge impact on her life trajectory. During her senior year of high school, her family moved from Long Island, NY to Otis, MA a small town in western Massachusetts.

Ariella Rukhlin (16) talks with her grandfather (75) about his childhood in the Soviet Union after the Holocaust, as well as his immigration process and the "American Dream."

Kai Marsden (16) interviews her grandpa, Montie Pendley (81) about his childhood and life before now.

In this I interview Javoy Griffiths about his journey and immigration to America from Jamaica.

Stella Charbonneau (16) interviews David Charbonneau (47) about his job, childhood and experience raising a family.

Liya Liang speaks with Nina Kleinberg about her experiences attending a preparatory boarding school and leaving all she knew behind. The two discuss the effects that it had on her life reflecting on the aspects of race, class, and socioeconomic...

Nina Kleinberg tells Liya Liang the story about the moment she decided to leave her home and STEM education to pursue an education and career in film on the other side of the country

Abebeck, a caregiver with PACE, talks with coworker Charlie about Fasika (Ethiopian Easter) and explains this special time in her culture. Also talks about the importance of neighbors, coworkers and participants.

Shihru Martin (55) talks with her daughter, Noelle Martin (19) about her experiences moving from Taiwan to the United States and the challenges she faced with discrimination and the simple tasks having to do with language barriers and culture shock.

Caitlin Bird (18) talks with her mom AnneMarie Bird (50) about her own mother, faith, college decisions, the navy, life as an emergency department nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic and more. Enjoy :)

Peter Singh (16) talks with his grandmother, Mercedes Luz (70) about her childhood and growing up in the Philippines. Mercedes discusses her time in Iran during the Iran Iraq war as a nurse in a military hospital. She traveled across...

I interviewed my dad on his childhood and his experiences throughout life, I learned a lot from this interview as background on my family as well. My dad shared different aspects of his life as some childhood experiences being left...

I’m Augusta Perrow and I interviewed my close friend, Alexa Torre. In this interview we talked about VES (school) connections and comparing them to home life.

Aashna Mahurkar (17) talks with her cousin, Yash Shrotriya (18) about his upbringing, pandemic impacts, and important life lessons he’s taken with him on his college journey

The tale of Matt Boyle’s journey from competitive swimming to instructional design.