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People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: David. David Withrow is the successful owner of the local cafe, Agrarian Coffee in McAllen, TX. David is a father and husband with a penchant for the refined culinary palette. David speaks...

An interview between a daughter and her 91 year old father and some of his history as a Chicano growing up in Los Angeles and his life in the Marine Corps.

Speaking of how the 2020 pandemic has reminded her of when she first came to the United States from Mexico.

Woman tells her story growing up as a poor Mexican girl in a life full for adversities.

I talk with my mother about her childhood and life now.

Mexican-American family speaks on their experience with family separation and many of the struggles they’ve faced going through this.

While waiting to get on the Greyhound back to San Francisco, I ask my mom what she was like as a child, what her favorite and least favorite memory of me is, and how she would like to be remembered.

Woman tells her story growing up as a poor Mexican girl in a life full for adversities.

interviewing my Tia Lucy, my dad’s oldest sister, while my dad is in the hospital recovering from his liver biopsy for his cancer diagnosis.

"I believe everyone should have their choice." - April Vallejo shares her experience as a young mother who believes every woman should have the right to choose. April attended the local Women's March in Brownsville, Texas with her daughter on...

Margarita (Margie) talks about her experience as a mother of four children and health care in the United States.

Listen as my step-father speaks about his life as a teenager, as a child and his current life. He speaks fondly of his grandmother and parents as they always treated him nicely and made him who he is today. We...

Recorded in November of 2022, Laura-Adella Ibrahim (daughter, 16) talks to Ihab Ibrahim (father, 50) about his life growing up in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Ibrahim explains his history, from growing in different generations to leaving everything behind and migrating to...

Interview to understand the relationship between Hispanic culture and faith.

My mother, Mary Esther Ford (née Bazaldua) discusses her mother’s upbringing (Zoila Michaela Bazaldua) in the 1920s and 1930s in Sinton, Texas.

Half my interview with Alejandra about her family

Interview for my niece about family and happiness

Interview with my mom for sculpture project.

On April 3, 2022, I (17) interviewed my mother, Erica Soriano (37). I chose to interview her because I wanted to know and learn more about her personal struggles and experiences with being a woman of color. During our interview,...

“The jumper had a little bib on it…like overalls, but not like overalls.” When Jenny (on the right) is in middle school, her grandmother, a tailor, makes her an ill-fated jumper. Despite hiding it in the back of her closet,...

I talk with my Mexican grandmother about her life and experience.

Marco Duran, who is my father, came to the U.S. at the age of 16. He talks about the difficulties of being out on you’re own in a whole different country. He came with nothing and has worked his way...

Today I was interviewing my dad

I sat down with my grandma to hear her story about being a new citizen in the United States as a Mexican homemaker. Later on adding to her family.

Juana Martinez (17) interviews her dad, Miguel Martinez (40), about his life and how it was growing up in Mexico and having to assimilate in the US.