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Hi! I’m Mekdes Alemayehu, a junior at Forest Park HS in Woodbridge, VA who will be interviewing my AP Lang teacher, Kerry Haddad, for my U.S. History project.

Medeline McGitney (78) tells her granddaughter Kristina Riley (31) stories from her early childhood and her life as a mother, student and teacher.

Talked about the future and how our twin shapes who we are.

In this interview, my father recollected his feelings and memory of the incident known as 911, and how this can also be related to the Corona Virus pandemic.

This interview switches between Arabic and English. My mom describes her childhood in Iraq, the Iran-Iraq war, the Arab Gulf War, her college life, her current job, how she raised her family, and her life as a new immigrant coming...

Me and my mom talk about how she went through the college process and how it compares and contrasts with what I am going through right now.

Woman tells her daughter what it was like growing up on a farm.

Mrs. F talks about her early life all the way up to her present life and goals for her future.

Going over the process, the program, and the classes.

Ruth remembers her college days, her first jobs, and her husband.

Alice Rapallo talks about living in Boston, raising kids, and being married to an alcoholic.

Here we talked being students at NAU and why we chose to come here.

I interviewed my grandmother on how her child hood life was, moving to the United States at the age of 12, events throughout her life. And finishing off with how retirement and grandchildren have treated her.

In this interview, conducted on November 25, 2023 in Highland, Indiana, Jessica Surufka (15) interviews her Aunt's best friend, Patty Clancy (59), about her career as a high school math teacher. Mrs. Clancy shares stories, both good and bad, about...

Chandra Blackwell, 40, interviews her mother Nadine Blackwell, 80, about her memory and involvement in Brown vs. the Board of Education, integrating the Topeka Fire Department, and integrating the downtown Topeka restaurants.

Betty Olson-Zajichek (85) and Susan Zajicheck (60) interviewed by their granddaughter and daughter Maria Kemp (28). Betty and Susan talk about Betty’s childhood and young adult life, Betty’s late husband Hal, and favorite family memories.

Kathleen talks about her time at Boston College as a black woman in a predominantly white space, discussing her experiences and challenges, and contrasts her experience to those of Ta-Nehisi Coates as described in his book Between the World and...

Talking to my sister about life

College roomate interview

He talked about his life and some lessons he’s learned along the way.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Chandler, Arizona, Katarina Fenner (13) interviews her Mom Linda Fenner (47) about her childhood in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Mrs. Fenner shares stories of her childhood, especially regarding her parents and grandparents....

Julia Bergman, 64, talks with her research partner Will Maynez, 63, about their work and research in the Diego Rivera Mural Project.

Tajay Ramos (18) speaks to her friend and former boss Ashley Zalabak (30) about her experience as an teen intern at the South Carolina Aquarium, her interests in becoming a sea turtle biologist and hopes for her generation to care...

In this interview, conducted in November 2022 in Greenbrae, California, Alana Leifer (15) interviews her mother, Monica Leifer(52), who looks back on her father's life. Monica tells an inspirational story about her father's academic journey and how he never felt...

Chris Wilder (60) talks with his child, Pualani Wilder (23), about his experience during and after the attacks on September 11th, 2001.