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McKenna (15) interviews father (45) about his life, immagration, and family

My Grandma talks about her journey coming here to the United States from El Salvador. She talks about having to travel 3 times because of her children, the struggles of living in a country that speaks a whole other language,...

My father Roberto (50) telling his 17 year old daughter his struggles of him coming to this country at the age of 16 and leaving the on going war in El Salvador, his pride in his family

Colleagues Kerri Rhodes (44) and Rosa Tapia (31) discuss the creation of the non-profit Restore Education, the goals of their programming, and the demographic the non-profit serves.

Teresa Orantes Kane lives a musical life. A retired opera singer and teacher, she graces the halls of Saint Paul Conservatory as a piano student of Oleg Levin. Her credentials as a soloist include performing with the Chicago Symphony, Grant...

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An interview with the son of an El Salvadorian farm worker.

Childhood and school years.

Michelle Monterrosa(26), conducted an interview with her grandmother Dolores Lopez who is (101), and my Tia Blanca Monterrosa. Dolores shared her experiences from growing up in El Salvador and coming to San Francisco in the 1980s.

We talked about her past life, her religion beliefs and her life in El Salvador.

Juan’s experiences growing up

A story of survival through migration due to the civil war in El Salvador.

Here I speak with my mother about the events during the El Salvador civil war.

Fiances Iliana Herrera (30) and Stephanie Guzman (30) discuss cultural identity, El Salvador, politics and assimilating into American culture. The pair also discuss immigration to the United States and being survivors of sexual abuse.

Este es la historia de mi Tío Alexander de 37 años. En esta entrevista hablamos sobre el pasado de cuando vivía en El Salvador y sobre el presente que vive aquí en los Estados Unidos.

This interview was about the experiences and opinions of my parents on the civil war in our home country, El Salvador.

An interview with my darling mother, Angela Cartagena.

Wilfredos briefly explains his experience from coming from El Salvador to the United States

A daughter interviews her mother about life after immigrating and challenges faced. The mother also goes to share words of encouragement to her daughter and tells her how proud she is of her.

John-Paul and Montserrat about growing up in the U.S as members of the Latin-A, (LatinX, Hispanic, Latino) community, not fitting into a box and sometimes feeling ostracized by the Latin-A communities as well as they communities where they lived, worked...

It was 20 min long & for a history project

A fathers life experience escaping from war and finding himself in two of the most populated american cities

Paul Serrano, Jr. (31) interviews his parents Paul Serrano, Sr. [no age given] and Sara Clark Serrano [no age given] about their upbringings, their business at the Grand Central Market, and their aspirations.

This interiew was about my Aunt Rosa's life. She talked about life back in El Salvador as a child and now about her life in the U.S.

an interview of Pamela Schultz asking all about adolescence and influences and events in her life.