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My name is Nikita Udayakumar and I am a student of the University Honors Program. In December 2018, I had the opportunity to interview my dad about his unique experience immigrating to the United States and forming a sense of...

Childhood love growing up in racist society.

Gloria talks about growing up a daughter of an Italian father and a German immigrant mother during the years 1934-1948.

My dad talked about his parents and childhood.

Amelia (9) interviewing her Great-Grandma Gross (93) about growing up in Detroit in 1920s and 1930s.

Family background, adolescent years, college, military background, religious beliefs and personal questions

Someone’s opinion about what being an American is.

Talk about back stories and how crazy and exciting they were..

Vesterheim Museum immigration history questions

Roxanna reflecting on life.

Kenney Tran is a Vietnamese American RPCV who served in Colombia, telling stories of exploring his past, learning from history, and analyzing the political movements of today in order to sculpt a better world through policy and legislation. Kenney currently...

Aunt-k gives stories on her childhood in the 1950s and 60s' in subarban America and stories of her family and her take on life.

This is basically a quick interview.

Magda Michna and Daniel Gonçalves explore their ideas of what it means to be an American and merging multiple cultural identities.

During our fun interview with my grandma I was able to learn things I never knew. There some giggles here and there. A few questions that got rather personal. But in the end, I feel closer to her than ever...

It was a brief interview with Michelle an American about her views on Traditional Haitian and American food.

How Quinn was discriminated against for being American in Sweden

Andover Stories of American Identity: Juan Morales shares his harrowing story about coming to America as a young child. He discusses the importance of family, culture and hard work.

Mexican Immigrant, Patty Salazar, reflects on her past coming to America from Baja California, Mexico and explains what it means to be an American.

Dr. Ahluwalia talks about coming to America as a college student, and how she became an American.

We talked about Val's career background, her path, experience in the US.

Francine Barr (62) is interviewed by her daughter Francine Barr (31). Francine shares stories of her life and struggles to the top of the corporate ladder when gender roles served as a prime determinant to a woman’s success.

Elijah Gibson is a first generation american who’s family is from Liberia, Africa. In this interview, he tells the story of his family and his upbringing of a split-culture (American culture and Liberian culture) as well as current life joys...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Nicolette Nordin Heavey was born Detroit, but spent the majority of her childhood in Belgium and England. After attending college in America, she moved to Andover to raise her family. Wanting to help contribute to...

Christy Fitch (35) interviews her grandfather James Gooch (85) about moving from Neon, KY to Detroit, MI.