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Sidney Claire (23) is interviewed by her boyfriend, Enrique (22). They discuss growing up in Chelsea Alabama, faith and mental health counseling.

My mom and her younger brother talk about their upbringing in Alabama, and the complicated relationship their parents had.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Simpsonville, South Carolina, Nate Sanders (13) interviews his grandmother Laura Malone (70) about her childhood in Alabama. Mrs. Malone shares stories of how she met her husband Grover Malone. She also talks...

Medeline McGitney (78) tells her granddaughter Kristina Riley (31) stories from her early childhood and her life as a mother, student and teacher.

One Small Step partners Tyler Cherry (23) and Joyce Lanning (78) discuss growing up in Alabama, religion/spirituality, and their college experiences.

Parents as Teachers Champion, Senator Pat Pattey offers her reflections on parenting, home visiting and early learning.

In this interview, conducted in Birmingham, Alabama, Ryan deMontluzin (17) and his mother (Christi, 52) talk about her childhood in Louisiana and the big events that she grew up with and around. Christi shares stories of life in Louisiana, college,...

Barbara Watson was born in 1952 in Kansas and moved to Alabama. Her father served in The Korean War and was a computer programmer after that. Her mother was a nurse. She moved to Washington in the late 1950s and...

Kristin Tubre (28) talks to sister Kimberly Tubre (24) about their childhoods, their parents’ divorce, and being from New Orleans.

In this interview, recorded on November 26 in Birmingham, Alabama, Ethan Denaburg and his grandfather Charles Denaburg talk about the meanings of life and what’s good and what’s bad. Charles Denaburg shared stories about his time in the Air Force...

Lucille Wilhoit passed away on September 3, 2016. I remembered I'd recorded two interviews with her for the National Day of Listening in November of 2010. She talks in this interview about the importance of music to her, and how...

Shauntalae Pitt met Donna Givens, a home visitor at a Parents as Teachers teen parenting program at the McCluer South-Berkeley High School in St. Louis, Missouri. Shauntalae attended "group connections" and parenting classes at school. She also received regular home...

Kathy is a mom and a former parent educator. During her tenure at PAT, she's supported military installations and tribal communities who implement the Parents as Teachers evidence-based home visiting model. Kathy has a 35 year legacy of working with...

At the opening of the equal justice initiative memorial to peace and justice I interview my father about being black in America

Angie Fryer became a teacher in the 1960s at Trinity University, and went on to teach in San Antonio, Mesquite, and Abilene, Texas. Later she worked with students in Arizona, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Kansas.

Sonia Palomo is a first generation immigrant and now a Family Support Worker at Mary's Center's Parents as Teachers home visiting program. Mary's Center is a federally qualified health center. Her agency serves families in the Washington D.C. area. Sonia...

Tanya Martin-Lopzez, is Pueblo of Pojoaque from northern New Mexico. She works for the Family and Child Education (FACE) home visiting program and serves families of the Oneida Tribe Indians of Wisconsin. The Family and Child Education (FACE) program was...

In this interview conducted on November 27th, 2016 Hannah (19) asks her father Douglas Scofield (60) about his 32 year experiences as a criminal defense lawyer in Birmingham, Alabama. She asks about how he began to practice, what it is...

My name is Terry Speakman and I interview my mother Sheri Speakman. I am 29 years old and she is 47. We discussed someone she would always remember, who was her biggest influence, the first time she saw me, and...

Carrie has been a Parents as Teachers home visitor for 18 years. While reflecting on one of her happiest memories as a home visitor, Carrie said, "I had (served) a very, very young mom. She was so young, I wanna...

Don Harrell talks about his life growing up and his time in the Army reserve during a time of hostilities in the world.

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2018 in Oxford, Mississippi, Addison Hunt (13) interviews her great grandmother Pebble Ewing (80) about life in the South during segregated and integrated times. Mrs. Ewing shares stories of going to segregated schools,...

Robin is a Parents as Teachers home visitor. She works with pregnant and parenting moms in temporary housing to address the disproportionately high rates of black infant death in St. Louis. The community faces rates three times the national average....

Katherine Barriga interviews her mother, Maria Victoria Barriga, on her immigrant experience in the Unites States - after having married an American soldier, and leaving her native Colombia.

Interview between me, Cross Hogland, and my grandmother, Louise Hogland. We talk about her childhood, and she gives advice to her teenage self. She also tells about her parents, and of the many jobs her father had. She talks about...