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In this interview, Gwyneth Lin (15) interviews her mom Wen Yin Yu (47), who answers the questions in Mandarin. They start with questions about immigrating from Taiwan to the U.S., continue by talking about life in Taiwan, and end with...

Five questions about what has been happened in your childhood.

Melody Lin (65) interviewed by her husband (Charles) Loring Woodman (75) about her childhood in Taiwan, marrying an American man and moving to Southern California, having a child with him, their divorce, her being a single mother, meeting and marrying...

When interviewing my grandparents (Ama, 80, and Agong 85), I asked them about their childhood, jobs, and experience moving to America from Taiwan. We discussed the contrasts between their lives, and the contrasts of an American life versus a Taiwanese...

She talked about her life and her accomplishments.

Hannah Shaw (28) shares a conversation with her father, Allen Shaw (72), about Allen’s childhood, his family, his career, and how his perspective on life has changed over time.

I interviewed him in Hawaii because we went on a family vacation. We talked about what we’re some of his earliest memories and we also talked about how he wanted to be remembered after he passed. And lastly we talked...

Rodney Farmer (75) speaks with his stepdaughter Pam Bessey (56) about his time serving in the Vietnam War. Rodney discusses Agent Orange, his travels around Southeast Asia, and memories from his time served that have inspired his poetry.

My grandfather, Thomas Ciesla, talked about his time serving in the US military during the Vietnam War. He was a lieutenant in a US naval reserve medical core on active duty 1961-1964. He spoke about serving in Vietnam, telling his...

I interviewed my Grandma about her experience of immigration. She migrated from China to Taiwan when she was four. When she graduated from college at age 24 she migrated again to Canada and stayed there for 2 years. She then...

Recently reconnected friends Huey-Min Chuang [no age given] and Mei-Yi Chen (51) share their childhood immigration and coming-of-age stories and what home means to them. They also talk about their current projects and what they hope for in their rekindled...

Dogs!

My grandma talks about the challenges of moving from Taiwan to America.

Ellen’s Immigration story

Grace and her mom, Tsuimin, talk about Tsuimin's summer in elementary school and also her wedding day.

My mother talked about her past in Taiwan and the parenthood

A mother, teacher, and nurse talks about her experience immigrating to America from Taiwan.

This is an interview with one of my grand uncles from Taiwan. In the interview photo, my grand uncle is in the black shirt without a hat and I am in the grey shirt. My brothers are the two in...

Shihru Martin (55) talks with her daughter, Noelle Martin (19) about her experiences moving from Taiwan to the United States and the challenges she faced with discrimination and the simple tasks having to do with language barriers and culture shock.

Story time with my grandma and grandpa.

Mom talks about her childhood stories and life in workplace.

Will talks to grandpa Fred about his life, how he wants people to find their comfort zone in their life, and his hopes for the future of both our family and the world as a whole.

One Small Step conversation partners Britta Hoffman [no age given] and Linda Chen (48) are both immigrants who have had some of their beliefs shaped by their experiences moving to the United States. They also have some different thoughts on...

My brother and I talked about the last, present, and future.

Colleagues at Children's Medical Center, Ben Cook (29) and Marilyn Morris (59) talk about family, breast cancer, life lessons, and growing up in a small town.