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A Thanksgiving Interview with my grandmother, Janet Hellgren, in 2021. Discussed Italian heritage, her Columbian foreign exchange trip, and her love of family.

Patricia "Patty" Perdomo (62) speaks with her daughter Sarah Gibson (29) about growing up, attending high school in Boston and meeting her future husband eight days after arriving in the USA.

I interviewed my grandmother about her life and what her childhood was like.

Katie Spellman (36) speaks with her mentor and collaborator, Christa Mulder (no age given), about their relationship, their pathways in science, what makes for a good mentor and collaborator, and what they have learned from each other.

Lisa Strawser recalls the events of her best friend’s death and gives meaningful advice and words about taking people for granted and how short life is.

I decided to sit my mom down for an interview with me. I asked her questions about being in her 20’s, memories, and advice.

I conducted an interview with my sister about her career.

Interview with my papa on his life in the military

Overall, I found out many interesting things about my Grandma that I hadn't known before. I am so fortunate to have had this opportunity to find out more about my family history and ancestry.

An interview between a mother and her son

In this interview I picked my moms brain and found out how she really feels about her marriage, our family, and life itself.

Discussing culture and language communication

We talked about our lives.

Family is everything to us! Max is at the center of it all.

I talked about my life story and how I got here from childhood.

Today I interviewed my grandparents, Lawrence Arena and Carolyn Arena. They’re married and have lived a long and happy life and I talked to them about that life and the impact they want to have had on the world around...

Humberto Perdomo (74) speaks with his daughter Sarah Gibson (29) about his life growing up in Columbia and his coming to United States.

Clint McGuire (56) interviews his longtime friend, Miranda Lund (43), about her experiences as a student in the USC Aiken theatre department, and how it led to her creating an Instagram account devoted to cosplay.

Bob talks with Kaya, Ken and Karen about time with Sue and kids in Dallas, Tacoma Park, and Columbia Maryland in the 70s and early 80s. Memories of kids growing up and professional accomplishments.

My new friend Lois tells stories about her childhood and the jobs she had when she was younger.

My Thanksgiving interview with my 86th year old Great Grandmother.

Learn about a favorite recipe of mine in this fun interview about chicken bog!

My grandmother discusses the way she grew up in rural Alabama and her years in boarding schools in Virginia and England throughout the 1940s and 50s

Raised in a very religious household. Had to pretend and imagine things when playing because they didn’t have all of the technology we have today. Don’t marry young.

Friends and colleagues, Rita Blank (71) and Barbara Goldstein (63), reflect on how being children of Holocaust survivors has affected their lives and perspectives and discuss their work at the Holocaust Education Resource Council.