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Andover Stories of American Identity: Alex Wu sits down to interview his exceptional math tutor, Tao Tu, about his childhood as a math prodigy in China, immigrating to the United States, and raising his family, including his two daughters.

James Del Balso: 2020-09-01 15:02:24

Elsa Johnson interviews her mother, Katherine Bourke, a 45-year-old woman, about her experience from small-town life in Maine to San Fransisco where she embraced a life as a lawyer and later became a mother. Katherine found immense success in her...

Krista Hirschmann, 36, was interviewed by her husband, Kevin Rodowicz, 37. Krista told the story of the beginning of their “courtship” at college which Kevin initiated as a four-month mystery to be solved by Krista. They also talked about their...

In this recording, brother and sister discuss the novel Little Fires Everywhere and the several themes and conflicts that arise.

Niru’s life, advice to her descendants, and anecdotes.

Alex Edillor (65) and his son Alexander Edillor (20) talk about what it means to be Filipino in the US, and more specifically in the Central Valley. The two talk about their respective Filipino identities, Alex as a first generation...

talking about my mother moving to the United States

Karen(Nana) Cease - 79 speaks of her life, jobs, traditions, and her thoughts on the pandemic.

Samuel Max Mondonedo (28) asks his mother, Kimberley Mondonedo (58), about her long career in the military, childhood, and meeting his father. Samuel also shares what it was like to be a child of military parents.

Friends and colleagues, Art Stoltzfus (63) and Nadia Dames (36), discuss the importance of interfaith relationships and the role trust plays in building interfaith community.

James Patrick Tobin has a conversation with his grandfather David Tobin. They talk about what life was like in Maine during the 1940s and David Tobin’s experience as an air traffic controller during The Korean War.

One Small Step partners Valerie McCloud (62) and Halley Cole (28) discuss the level of discord and intolerance in the country, the diversity in their friend groups growing up, and Black Lives Matter.

Janet Hargus is interviewed by her 5 grandchildren about her childhood memories growing up in Maine.

Bill Stamatis: 2021-01-28 19:02:33

In telling the story of the founding of Maine Coast Waldorf High School, David Sloan speaks about the community education needed to take the leap from 8 grades to 12, the beauty of the full, EC through 12 Waldorf curriculum...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Sandis Wright was born in a rural Swedish community in northern Maine, where he always dreamed of living in the big city. After moving to both Chicago and Atlanta, and getting married, he decided to...

Jerry Yang is 22 years old and has been living in America for the past 7-8 years. We talked about the Chinese culture and how it fairs against American culture. We also talked about assimilating to different cultures and what...

Harold Brashear (83) talks with his granddaughter Ivy Brashear (24) and daughter Pamela Brashear (57) about growing up in Kentucky and his family.

Michael talks to his friend Carol (78) about the development of the Jewish community in Ann Arbor and working together at Hillel.

Kurdish artist talks about leaving his homeland, Syria, and coming to United States.

Cody Galloway, a dual citizen of the United States and Australia, talks about how it’s not always difficult to move to another country.

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.

In this interview, conducted in January 2019 in York, Maine, Cary Drake (13) interviews Steve Brice (her Grandfather age 71) about his family, career, and childhood. In this interview Brice talks about how Drake’s mom painted their dog, how singing...

Stephen Simonds (98) tells his daughter, Laura Simonds-Rumpf (63), about his time in the Navy during World War II and also describes his career in Social Welfare and Human Services.