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talked about childhood, memories, advice, mental health, and divorce

Symphony Pomales (16yrs) interviews her grandma Shirley Lopez (55yrs) on November 15, 2017 in Valrico, Florida. Mrs. Lopez tells about her life growing up in the urban city of Bronx, New York. She also tells of her struggles being a...

we talk about how covids like and how im still the baddie that i am periodt.

An update to our first log, including "shelter-in-place" rlings and online learning

Barbara and Chandra met through the "Walk a Mile" program and hit it off instantly. Barbara talks about the challenges of being a single mom, needing a job. She started in housekeeping at a Providence hospital, but knew she wanted...

after being interrupted I continued the interview with my cousin and asked about her future and the hopes she has for her 9 year old son.

From poverty to succeeding in life

Every year near July 3rd Alice Sager shares her daughter’s birth story with her. Her daughter Kathy, approaching 55, asked Alice to share the story via StoryCorps interview. Alice also shares about her current experience in the COVID-19 pandemic and...

I talked to my mom about the various ways in which mass media differed in her childhood v mine.

Krista discusses her life as a homeschool mama of three young children and the hope that keeps her going during this unpredictable time.

College students and how COVID19 afftects them

Vic Danh's reflection on her dad's recent passing. A friend from France, Gwen, helped her recorded via WhatsApp

Eric Robinson talks about how difficult it has been to watch his son, a senior in high school in March 2020, grappled with the disappointments of the Covid-19 shutdowns. Because of the nationwide stay-at-home orders all three of his sons...

This 63 year old professional at a non-profit, long term care facility talks about the institutional and personal impact of Covid on staff and residents.

Antonia Montero talks about how Covid-19 is affecting her, her modeling career and her swimwear business.

Armand shares with hospice chaplain Mary the meaning of Ramadan and the challenges of coming together as a community in person during COVID and shares his sorrow at the death of his mother and how he bakes to remember her.

Today I talked to my mother about her experience and point of view regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Gertie and Anna talk candidly about cancer during Covid19 and finding safe spaces to live and heal. They cover topics around misogyny, mountain life, compassion, doll making and women’s health and empowerment.

A walkthrough of a few stories that make up my mom and how the pandemic has changed her teaching career and life.

We’re almost 2 months into our covid pandamic in Dallas, Texas. Here is our story - 2 nurses who work in level 1 trauma hospital in Downtown Dallas.

Jackie Neale interviews her undergraduate photography student, Maria Trajtenberg while we are conducting interviews and taking photographs for our storytelling project, The Corona Collective. Maria is living in TriBeCa New York City through the pandemic, and talks about how she...

Balancing children and a career as a single mother during Covid-19. The importance of having a support system to get through the pandemic.

I asked my twice widowed mother questions about the single mom life. Whether or not she felt like she had she had done a good job being a single mom.

Ligia and Kira, RN's with Providence Elderplace, share why they chose nursing, what keeps them loving the profession and working at Providence. They talk about how they coped with the challenges and anguish of Covid19 as well as supporting staff...

This interview was conducted November 26, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Natalia Beltran (16) interviewed her mom, Erica Avila (36) about her childhood in Humboldt Park and how living in such a troubled neighborhood shaped her into the woman she is...