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In this interview we focused on my dads childhood and what influenced him to be who he is today.

Everyone Alex Head meets wonders about his British accent, it's the first thing they notice. Yet who would have thought a British born, American citizen with two kids would end up spending a large portion of his life in Asia?...

Kirsi Shan and Leo Shan talked about the aspiration of going abroad to study as an international student and reflection on her personal growth before she embark on an international journey. It will reflects on Kirsi's interview and anything she...

I discuss with my dad his upbringing in Shanghai, China during the Cultural Revolution and his first experiences in America as a first-generation immigrant and one of the first Chinese immigrants that immigrated into the US after the reopening of...

I ask my mom about her past and everything leading up to who she is today.

An interview with Ryan and Bill about pop culture in China.

In this interview, recorded on November 2020 in Alamo, California, Valentina Deng (13) interviews her mom, Maggie Deng (53) about life. Maggie talks about how school has had a big impact on her life, and how all the hard work...

“After every air raid we would have to count heads to make sure everyone was okay”. On January 1, 2019, 14 year-old Taylor Huie interviewed her grandmother, Sylvia Huie, about her experience escaping the Japanese-Chinese War in the 1930s when...

the questions were not in order because i didn’t use them through out. my grandpa immigrated to america in august because his family lived in hawaii. he talks about some experiences living in america, why he doesn’t miss living in...

Leonard Hom recounts how his grandfather moved from China to the United States during the Gold Rush and what it was like growing up in a Chinese community in the United States. His grandfather's bold decision to cross the Pacific...

My 83 year old grandma telling me her past, her story, and her experience. From China to Vietnam due to the Japanese invasion to America, my grandma tells me of her experience. She tells me of her adaptation to the...

In this interview, conducted November 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ella Liu (16) interviews her Grandmother Tina Liu (76 born in 1942). Ella asks her NaiNai about her childhood so she can recall memories from China and coming to the United...

During Thanksgiving dinner this year, I interviewed an elderly from my church. We talked about her current life, immigration experiences and happy memories.

Today Emily interview Christina about her college life.

Ai Choo Kong (“Lovely Pearl”), age 84, interviewed by her daughter, Lin Min Kong (“Bright Forrest”), age 52, about her life growing up in Malaysia, including enduring the Japanese occupation, emigrating to the US, and living in rural North Carolina....

My mother, Penny Lam DeFreitas, talks about immigrating from Hong Kong to America, and what growing up in San Francisco was like in the brand new environment she was thrown in.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in New Hyde Park ,New York,Sunny Liu (16) interviews his father Yong Hua Liu (82) about his life in both China and America. Yong Hua Liu shares stories about life as a child...

We begin with my mother's childhood, then her career in PR before meeting my father, their relationship, struggles in having Jiming (my brother), as well as me and my younger sister Kelly, and her experience(s) immigrating to the US.

My father shares some of his stories about immigrating to the U.S., dealing with his father’s passing, his relationship with my mother, and more.

In this interview recorded on January 2, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas, Venice Xie (15) asks her mom, Tracy Xie (47) about growing up in China and moving to the United States. Mrs. Tracy explains how her childhood was difficult...

My Mom Came form China to America without knowing anyone or English. She explains her journey of being seen as different and how she learned to Speak up and stay strong.