Interview of a Healthcare worker during a pandemic

Talking with a healthcare worker about how the recent pandemic has affected her and her workplace

Week 3 Interviews: Restaurant owner and mother

We talked about my mother’s overall journey to becoming a restaurant owner.

Betty (Mother)

The impact of Betty, my caregiver, on my family Over her 23 year span working with us.

"It was the hardest thing that I went through in my life"
January 3, 2017 App Interview

Noel Aube lost his beloved wife, Pat, to cervical cancer in 2002 when Pat was just 43 years old. As Noel reflects, "sometimes it feels like it was yesterday and sometimes it feels like a whole other life that I...

My Sister’s World

in this interview my sister and I talked about how much she means to me and how proud she is of myself and how she got through her hardships and made herself the woman she is today .

Posterior Cortical Atrophy Part I

Brandon Lewis interviews his father, Jerald Lewis, about their family's experience with Susan Lewis's Posterior Cortical Atrophy.

Interview with Myra Blundetto on the Triumphs and Tribulations of Her Life

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Lafayette, NJ, Myra is discussing her memories from her childhood and how her life changed once meeting her husband Carmen. She talks about the struggles of being financially unstable in her childhood,...

Speaking with Michelle

My grandmother had a stroke 14 years ago and is paralyzed on her left side. Michelle is her live-in caretaker and helps my grandmother perform daily functions. She grew up in South Africa and came to the United States in...

The shaping of Susan Fisher’s life and her empathetic past.

Conducted in Santa Cruz, California, student Kayla Penny (age 15) interviews Susan Fisher (age 45) about a childhood story and the effect it had on Susan’s future. Fisher shares her story of dealing with individuals troubled with mental health such...

Amber Moody & Kelly Corcoran

Amber, a palliative care nurse, and Kelly, Chief Mission Officer are the boots-on-the-ground team for a tele-palliative care team in rural Stevens County, Washington. Without the remote capabilities of the team, many patients seeking palliative care would need to travel...

Losing your mind: Alzheimer’s for the left behind

Questions about Alzheimer’s and learning to live with a patient.

New Career on the Horizon

Newly minted CNA’s discuss their shared class and clinical experiences

The greatest Grandma

My grandma explaining how she took care eif me and my sisters when our mother left us

Donna Ford talks about her career and passion

In this interview, Donna Ford and her daughter Allison Ford sit down at their house in Tustin California on the night of April 22nd 2019. They discuss Donna’s fulfilling career as a manger of a Postpartum Doula team. Donna describes...

An Alzheimer’s Thanksgiving

In this interview I reflected on the past year and a half since the diagnosis of my father’s Alzheimer’s. It’s just me with some thoughts about the judgements people make about the way my family has attempted to navigate how...

Ashly Gonzales

Ashly Gonzales (right) tells her story of being a caregiver for her husband, Manuel Rivera, whom had an accident at work which resulted in a case of epilepsy. She speaks of the struggles of taking care of a loved one...

Dr. Glen Komatsu & Rayna Oliver

Dr. Komatsu talks about the importance of listening in healthcare. The first step to providing good healthcare is listening to the patient before deciding on a treatment plan. Another step to providing good healthcare is to involve the patient in...

Ron learning about his mom Ericka

My mom didn’t live an easy life, everything she received she had to work for.

Careers of the Past

This is a special interview talking about past and current careers. My father discussed what it was like to work with tv and radio networks, special artist, and working at the Grand Ole Opry. No job is ever easy so...

Foster care

How someone was a foster parent