Maria “Terry” Dominquez (57) speaks with her nephew Phillip Casanova (28) about her career as a rescue medical firefighter, the deployment during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and her reflections almost 20 years later.

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in College Point, New York. Helen Chen(14), interviewed her mother, Xiaofeng Yang(38), about her experiences when coming to America for the very first time. Xiaofeng Yang shares the difficulties that she had faced...

On January 10th 2016, I interviewed my 90 year old grandmother about growing up in Germany and escaping the Holocaust.

Talking with my grandma about her life, her challenges, and her outlook on out country

My dad’s name is Edgar Perez. Today’s date is November 24, 2018. I wanted to ask him about his work at New York City Transit. I wanted to learn more about how it’s impacted his and our families life.

Allan Fuks is the son of Russian immigrants. He grew up all over the place: in New York City and Northern California, before finally landing in suburban New Jersey. But no matter where he went, the taunting and bullying at...

I talk to my father about the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001.

Interview about 9/11 with Someone that remembers a lot of it

I talked to my older sister about her experience in 9/11 and what she remembers

My dad was alive during 9/11

This interview covers Larry’s first experiences in the gay world and his experiences in the 60’s and 70’s during gay liberation

A New York City college student and peer mentor acknowledges those who have taught her important life lessons that she shares with others.

“I figured I would get old, tweedy and sit in an old chair and read every day.” Richard grew up in a tight-knit family that dominated the hamlet of Veteran and made it possible for his mother to raise five...

My interview summary: I interview my grandma about living in the 50’s and 60’s. She talks about her childhood, and what it was like in high school during a time of racial tension. She talks about taking a group of...

Conversation with my dad on January 4, 2018. Discussed his 69 years of life.

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Ringoes, New Jersey, Julia Wagner (15) interviews her grandmother, Jean Hibbs (75) about some of her favorite childhood memories. Mrs. Hibbs talks about her life as a teacher and shares stories...

In this interview, a father, Lashkmi Rajkumar talks about his hardships in life and how it shaped him to be in the future. He now wishes to help others in life, as away to “pay back” the fortune he had...

A Woman’s Right: The Story It Tells – Shailja Gupta offers her insight on Women’s Rights from the perspective of woman who grew up in India and has lived in NYC for the last 13 years. #WhyIMarch, #WomensMarchonWashington, A Woman’s...

My grandfather is the son of Polish immigrants, and on March 19, 2016, I interviewed him during a family reunion in Seattle about his adventurous life growing up in New York City, and working in the Arctic as a geologist.

In this interview on November 22, 2017 a young girl and her great uncle go over how it was like to be a neurosurgeon years ago. She learns all about him and his memories, struggles, and achievements as a neurosurgeon....

“Once I got married, I had more than just a beagle to keep me warm. That winter, everyone started putting heat in.” Michael Sullivan Smith moved to upstate New York in March 1969 into a crumbling resort with no heat,...

Award-winning financial journalist Diana B. Henriques discusses her life, significant stories and events in her career, her books, and conditions in journalism over the years. As a staff writer for The New York Times from 1989 to 2012 and as...

Before there was social media, the LGBTQ community found our heroes and leaders in very few places that were public. We were (and still are) a local community that cling to each other for support and family. One of those...

Interview with brother Dustin February, 2019

We chatted about life in the 1930’s from childhood memories of schooldays, ballfields and old radio shows, onto the declaration of war over the airwaves on Dec. 8th,1941. Memories of Grandpa and his athleticism and meeting Grandma at Stiehl’s..