How a Crazy Childhood Could Make an Amazing Teacher

Growing up, Basant Tawfik took a different route when it came to an average childhood. As she grew older, religion paved a way for her and shaped her to be the successful teacher she is today.

Mom Interview

I interviews my mother about her past and how it influenced her life.

Interviewing Chasity Neivel and her family life experiences.

A short interview about life growing up and a discussion about her being the only daughter of five, her marriage, children, and having a mother who came out as being gay.

Rob & I

Rob shared about his family and career.

Interview with my mom!

interview with my bestfriend, mother, and favorite person.

"My mother urging me to be self sufficient left me craving attention."

A mother goes through her life reflecting on how her childhood (or the lack thereof) shaped her mindset on life. There were a lot of amazing memories and damaging mistakes made, but how we learn and grow from those should...

Cara interviews her mom, talking about childhood and how it changed her

In this interview, conducted in December 2017 in Rexford, New York, Cara (16) interviews her mom about life as a child and how it changed her. She asks her to describe her childhood, moving from state to state, and how...

Motherhood Interview

This is a short interview with my mother on her experience with raising children and how it changed over the years between having her first child to having her 5th child.

Linda Carter + Jeff Carter

[Recorded Saturday, June 11, 2022] Linda Carter () and Jeff Carter (Col '92) sit down to record a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Linda shares the influence growing up in a conservative, Christian household has had on her...

An Interview with Mom

My Mom is Brigitta Woodward, born and raised in Kalrsruhe, Germany, and 59 years young. My parents married in Germany when my mom was 32, and she left her life there to move to upstate New York with my siblings...

Sammy Finn and Kristen Finn talking about Kristen’s childhood, her kids, and life before and after having kids.

Sammy Finn interviews Kristen Finn on November 26, 2017 in their house, Manhattan Beach, California. They talk about Kristen as a child, her growing up with 3 sisters and divorced parents, her most difficult, happiest, and dumbest moments, her work...

Kaya Ilas and Kashmir Blake

Student Kaya Ilas speaks with teacher Kashmir Blake about how dance has followed her throuhout her life and shaped her into the person and teacher that she is today.

Tammy Thomson, 9-2-22

My mom who has been teaching for 32 years gives her advice on the teaching profession and shared a funny teaching experience.

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Julie Seawright and Ykeya Springer

Julie Seawright (37), interviews her friend Ykeya Springer (30) about her early childhood and the experience of being a mother to a deaf child with sickle-cell anemia.

Hayden and Grace 2024

Hayden (17) talks to his former high school Spanish teacher, Grace (29), about their current lives within and outside of school.

An Interview with Ms. Okulski

I interviewed Ms. Okulski about her challenges as a special education teacher.