Search Interviews

Tajay Ramos (18) speaks to her friend and former boss Ashley Zalabak (30) about her experience as an teen intern at the South Carolina Aquarium, her interests in becoming a sea turtle biologist and hopes for her generation to care...

University of Incarnate Word professors, Roger Barnes (62) and Robert Sosa (72) talk about their experiences visiting various historic landmarks and cities of the Civil Rights Movement.

Maria Leiva (55) tells her daughter Jasmine Leiva (33) about her upbringing in a rural part of El Salvador, moving into the city for work, and leaving El Salvador to come to Los Angeles after the war in El Salvador...

William Silva, 63, and his daughter, Laylah Silva, 38 talk about William’s life growing up coming back an d forth from Cuba to the United States, and their unconventional family.

Reveca Torres (34) talks with her co-directors, Matt Lauterbach (36) and Grishma Shah (33) about founding a film festival for people with disabilities. They talk about their inspirations and Matt finds out that Grishma has a prosthetic limb.

Friends Arturo "Art" Morales (42) and Gregory "Greg" LaVann (37) talk about their fathers' lives and reflect on the influence their fathers have had on them.

Alexis Terraza (28) talks with Annalisa Escobedo (25) about being born and raised in the Mission District, displacement and gentrification, and community.

Skyler Courter (26) talks with best friend of 21 years, Laurajean "LJ" Roxas (26), about their friendship, their passion for art and Harry Potter.

Hugo D. Nicolas Muñoz (26) speaks with his girlfriend Lauren Card (24) about his journey to the US, what is has been like living in Oregon as an undocumented person and important moments that motivated his immigration advocacy work.

Mialisa (42) talks to Sarah (54) talk about their experiences at Friends Seminary School. Mialisa was Sarah's student and tells Sarah of the incredible impact Sarah had on her development of sense of self. Mialisa and Sarah discuss teaching risks...

Andria Spinks and Suzie Flores interview Cecilia Barretto. They discuss Cecilia’s childhood, family and life lessons.

Lynette Gonzalez (47) shares the passing of her daughter with conversation partner Sarah Norris (47). They discuss the relationship with Montefiore, the impact of organ donation, and how she continues to celebrates the life of her daughter.

Colleagues and friends Elena Foulis [no age given] and Yolanda Zepeda (53) discuss the significance of food in their sense of home and the ethnic foods they have incorporated into their lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Cristina Lash (35) talks with her mother Sara Velasco (63) about Sara's experience immigrating as a 7 year old from Mexico to the United States, about her long and thriving career as a doctor, and about the incredible goals her...

Mary Esther Garza (54) talks with her fiancé, Patrick D. Brickley (60) about her breast cancer diagnoses family background and the coincidences they both have experienced.

Sonya Miller Preis [no age given] talks with her conversation partner, Naomi Love (27), about her family history. Sonya honors her grandfather, Joe Miller, and her grandfather's aunt, Fania Marinoff, and she also talks about her cousins, her appreciation for...

Patsy (63) is interviewed by her daughter Melissa (35) about Patsy's grandmother Maria Concepcion Rodriguez and their Mexican heritage.

John Villarreal (66) talks with his daughter, Kelsey Villarreal (29) about growing up in Corpus Christi, TX and about his perception - or lack there of - of his own ethnic identity as a young person.

Yazmin Contreras (31) and friend Denise Macias (30) talk about what it's like being Latinas in the South, the effect that law HB-56 had on their community, and how it created a unifying Latinx community as a result.

Miguel Blancarte Jr. (26) is interviewed by StoryCorps staff Shirley Alfaro (37) about being born and raised in Little Village and his journey towards losing 200 pounds.

Conversation partners Manuela Velasquez (24) interviews Ulysses Labilles (61) about his immigration journey to the United States, his father’s impact on his life, dear of his family members, and the importance of his children in his life.

Patricia Perez (61) speaks with her sister Norma Perez (51) about their family background, going to college, and starting her own business. The pair also talk about how important they are to each other.

Jason Von Stein (36) talks and plays music with his father James E. Von Stein (66), a songwriter whose emphysema has stopped him from playing himself. The two reminisce and tell stories while playing.