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In this interview, conducted in November, 2017, Garrett Bradford(14) interviews his grandpa and mentor Randy DeMauro(70) about the most important people and events of his life. Randy shares stories of how he grew up and what he remembers about his...
Blake talks to his grandmother, asking about historical events that affected her, how living in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was like, and how writing fulfills the desires of the writer.
Sarah Coles (37) speaks to Valerie Olalde (29) about her experiences with nature during COVID-19. Valerie is a front line worker, employed at a local grocery store and working on her Masters in Social Work specializing on working with the...
Don Nolan, 74, talked about his early childhood and his lifelong career. He also revealed one of his "cowboy" stories.
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...
Woman tells her story growing up as a poor Mexican girl in a life full for adversities.
In this interview, conducted on November 2022 in McKinney, Texas, Carter Sams (16) interviews his twin brother Cohen Sams (16) about growing up in rural Louisiana. They also talk about Cohens connection with Enernest Hemmingway and how religion played a...
Within this interview, conducted in November of 2017 in Wylie, Texas, my father, Gregory Ejikeme, tells of his life growing up in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ejikeme shares of his past and the elders he's grateful for, as well as the effect...
In this interview, conducted May 2022 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Kenedy Wood (15) interviews her grandfather Vicente Aguilar (75) about his childhood in Alice, Texas. Aguilar shares stories about the effect of the Korean War on his family and his...
People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Laura. Laura is a United States veteran who considers herself a fiscal republican with liberal views. Laura holds 3 bachelor degrees, and a U.S. History buff. Laura goes into depth about the...
People of the Rio Grande Valley: Mitch. Artist Mitch Darte and I talk about the loss of her Mother and how it propelled her into her flourishing career in painting. Mitch was a high school art teacher, and after losing...
In this interview, which occurred on November 24, 2018 in Dallas, Texas, Nikolas Parker (14) interviews his great-grandma Bettie Martin aka ”Bigmamma” (87) about her life. Topics include how she was one of the first African Americans to buy a...
People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Anonymous 22 . Anonymous tells me about how she and her mother immigrated to the United States to escape an abusive relationship with her birth father. She talks about her dreams and...
Spouses Linda Vaughn (68) and Alphonso Vaughn (69) center their conversation about the changes they've witnessed in Amarillo throughout the years, starting with desegregation, and leading to Alphonso being president of the local NAACP chapter for a decade. The pair...
People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Noe Rios and I have a conversation of what is like to live in the Rio Grande Valley in the United States and unable to visit family without any frequency. "Still having...
Anonymous 9 tells us about her happiest and scariest moment in her life, about growing up in a Colonia, about who she aspires to get her PHD, and how her and her husband fell in love.
An American Soldier shares his story of Germany before and after the Berlin Wall fell
Emelie C. Gill (91), tells her daughter, Alicia (50), about growing up in Kansas City, meeting her husband Pat, working during WWII, and moving to Houston so that Pat could work for the space program.
People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol Roten. Marisol, a Mother of 3, and I have a conversation about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley. The experience of growing up without her biological father, having...