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My mom’s story coming to the U.S.

In this interview, conducted in December 2017 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Rahaf Abdallah (16) interviews her mother Azza Ghanem about her life growing up in Egypt and in America. Azza shares her stories about education and living the...

A song I wrote as a result of 911- we are America

I asked my Thea Jenny a series of questions about her childhood. She had a unique situation growing up in a household where her Mom only spoke Greek and her Dad only spoke English. She basically lived her life in...

Interview with my dad for a school project

me and my mother talking about her immigration

Born just 1 year after the start of the Great Depression, my Grandma has experienced an incredible amount of change in her lifetime. I interviewed her to hopefully learn something from that unique perspective.

Rabbi's, Karen and Daniel, discuss what it's like to raise a transgendered child in this politically charged atmosphere where the trans community is demonized. They recognize their circumstance is different than most because their child is growing up in a...

We talked about his life and about his transition from Italy to America.

Me and my mom discuss a bit about our experiences in our life.

“It is a lovely thing to live with courage and to die leaving behind an everlasting renown.”- Alexander the Great. This is precisely what every Hungarian man, woman, and child thought at 4:00 on October 23, 1956 when the Soviets...

asking questions

Azusa Sakamoto, a Japanese-born nail artist and resident of West Hollywood, describes her life as one of the most recognized fans of the Barbie doll. Within her experience, Azusa describes how she began with Barbie, her collection, her perspective on...

Can Americans improve and what does that mean for us

In this interview, I asked my dad questions about his childhood and his upcoming in Mindoro Philippines to his hard journey on making a living in the United States being the only sibling of his to immigrate to the country.

Despite being in Japan for the earthquake in 2011, Gerald Hirshberg doesn't tell that story, because stories of interacting with the place and the people are far more earthshattering. In November of 2017, Kate Hirshberg interviewed her grandfather, Gerald 'Jerry'...

Interview about Mary Ann Wall and Rory Wall’s childhood, adulthood, values, how America used to be, etc.

An interview about America, how and why he came.

My sister Tania, a domestic violence survivor talks about the hardships that she had to endure during her pregnancy and the 6 long years of her relationship to her sons dad.

We talked about what my Grandpa’s life was like when he was a child. We also talked about how his life was in America.

For the fourth fieldwork exercise I decided to interview my mom about her experience growing up in a different country and then moving at a young age. She spoke about how growing up she spent a lot of time playing...

Xuan conducted an interview with me. We talked about my plans, expectations and worries in America.

I had a conversation with my math tutor about how he has felt discrimination and how it has affected his life

In this interview Paul and Jerry fall into a deep conversation where Paul asks Jerry some interesting questions and Jerry tells him some of his experiences in China and in the United States.

John baxter age 52 is interviewed by his 18 year old son about his personal story and childhood. He is my father. We talk about his life as a child and his ideas.