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A chat with an inspiring person that helps people with the use of lights and building greenhouses out of the greater good.

Yolieny (44 años), nos narra su travesía migratoria desde la partida de su tierra natal Republica Dominicana, La entrevista con Yolieny, una inmigrante profesional que llega a Puerto Rico territorio de los Estados Unidos, revela sus desafíos al intentar ejercer...

Inese Heinzel (70) and Alison Leras (36), colleagues and friends, discuss creativity, curiosity and how each have impacted their life and work.

Laura Peterson (52) talks with her sorority sister Martha Saunders (93) about her upbringing, education, and work with the community.

Interview with Phyllis Kivett about literacy artifacts.

One Small Step conversation partners Christina Vogler (65) and Tawanna Jamison (52) discuss life in the city of Columbus, Georgia, their relationship to the military, and their hopes for the future.

Connie Norgren (76) interviews her friend, Joan Pleune (83), about her time as a Freedom Rider and her continued anti-racist, anti-war, and anti-solitary confinement activism.

Yeah story behind a cheap, plastic trophy.

Interviewing my mom over Thanksgiving holiday on the importance of literacy, education, and languages as a bridge to cultures.

Friends and colleagues, Erma Banks [no age given] and Callie McGinnis (77), discuss their former workplace: Columbus Area Library Association (CALA). They talk about the formation of the organization, pivotal characters in its development, and the events they created to...

Vera, an ESOL teacher, and Brooklynite reflects on being 3 years old and her father.

Kristine Guerrero talks about Mangu, Los Tres Golpes, La Bandera. She explains what it means in her culture and why it is important. She talks about how it is made and how it represents her homeland.

Jean talks about Auggie, her dog, who plays hide and seek. And her future plan to join the Peace Corps.

Coming out in my country was not easy. I have come through as a confident and happy young man.

We talked about life living before and after her time in the Dominican Republic.

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Nick (15), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school (high school). Nick shares about his childhood being raised by a single mother and grandmother, and his inspiring educational...

Owen and Bobby muse over topics of literacy, education, service, and life.

Kaiwen 28. I was asking him about how digital and emotional literacy has affected him.

This interview was between a mother and daughter. The mother does not know fluent English; therefore, I did this interview in Spanish. The Spanish language is also familiar to me, since it is my native language. In this interview, we...

Interview with someone that participated in Lighting For Literacy

My sister, Emily, sits down with me to discuss her own relationship with reading and how it’s been a vital part of her culinary career in several ways.

Daniel's past and present relationship with books.

Coworkers Bonnie Scherr (60) and Rachael Perez (23) share a conversation about their experiences living in Dalton, Georgia, the books that have impacted them, their work in the library, and the roles they see themselves filling in their community.

Spouses, Neil Rambana (52) and Elizabeth Ricci (46), reflect on the role “the American Dream” has played in their lives, discuss the work they do as immigration attorneys, and look forward to their daughters’ future.

This interview is composed on many little stories my mom has. Plus some input she has in life. Also she refused to stop flipping pages in her magazine im sorry.