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Aisha Johnson (32) talks to her sister, Japera ( pronounced Japer- AY)(29) about feeling inspired to serve in Burkina Faso through Peace Corps.

Co-workers Debbie Wendt (59) and Lindsay Benacka [no age given] learn about each others' upbringings, former jobs including with the Peace Corps, and hopes for the future personally and professionally.

Miriam talks with her grandfather about his life growing up in a Polish-American family in upstate New York, then going to college, serving in the Peace Corps in Chile, and working for the US forest Service.

Serving in the Army and later, the Peace Corps in subhSaharn Africa in the 1960s.

Joel Nueberg's life

Spouses, Neil Rambana (52) and Elizabeth Ricci (46), reflect on the role “the American Dream” has played in their lives, discuss the work they do as immigration attorneys, and look forward to their daughters’ future.

One Small Step conversation partners Suzanne Behrmann (60) and Andra Davis (57) discuss the separation of church and state, supporting LGBTQ children in schools, and assumptions people make about Christians.

Brothers Tom Keegan (74) and John Keegan (76) talk about John's experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama in the 1960's and Tom's experiences in college.

Stepmother and stepson Tobi Hanna-Davies (76) and Justin Davies (52) talk about their shared experiences with Micronesia and their mutual desire to educate the United States about different cultures.

Marianne Apple moved to Fearrington Village just before the beginning of the Covid pandemic. Circumstances brought her here after the nearly simultaneous losses of her husband of 48 years and her mother. She called upon her wealth of resources gained...

Asifa Kanji Life Story

Kay Wetherwax (77) talks to her grandchild Isabella Kavanaugh (15) about growing up in Piqua Ohio and having divorced parents, going to college as a women and how COVID-19 has affected her.

Denise Oen (50) talks with her fellow Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Lillian Abrams (65), about their experiences in Senegal and Sierra Leone, respectively, as Peace Corps volunteers.

Erika Swinney (39) and her father and boss Dan Swinney (71) discuss Dan's history as a community organizer and labor force activist, and how that led to his current work in manufacturing education. He started a manufacturing training school that...

Friends Patrice Melnick (62) and Aglaia [No Name Given] (46) reflect on their relationship to the Jewish faith and share the story of how they met.

Elizabeth Coleman [no age given] talks with her OSS conversation partner John "Jack" W. LeSar [no age given] about their childhoods and school experiences. They also discuss their time abroad, in the Peace Corps and the Army respectively, and their...

A woman interviews her elder sister about her experiences traveling to Africa in the peace corps, on a fulbright, motherhood and life choices.

A Peace Corps experience changed how he viewed water and inspired him to make an impact.

A man talks about his experience teaching English as a second language in Slovakia (through the Peace Corps) and now to immigrants in Queens. He also tells stories from his travels.

Friends Robert "Bob" Schmidt (65) and Jim Oliver (67) talk about impactful moments in their lives, their travels, and whether they are optimistic about the future.

Rebecca Joyce (50) and her father, Richard Joyce (84), trade stories from their respective service in the Peace Corps, talk about their family, and reflect on their love of travel.

Kate Freeman (52) talks with her niece Kim Banker (36) about Kate’s Navy service, the 18 months she spent in Botswana serving in the Peace Corps, and how her Peace Corps experiences changed her. Kate now wants to go back...

One Small Step partners Bronwyn Hughes (58) and Donald "Don" Morrison (65) discuss find faith traditions later in life, the challenges of working with seriously ill infants, and feeling misunderstood.

Steven Hennig (58) interviews his mother Marilyn Hennig (86) about her life before and after landing in Yuma.

This interview is an analysis of a biblical conversation between Christian Sears and his aunt, Corliss Carr. The seventeen-year-old college student interrogated his sixty-nine-year-old aunt about various questions revolving around the biblical meanings and applications of happiness. Several of the...