mindy and dad talk about dad’s christmas memories and traditions

recorded just a few days after christmas 2015, we sat down to talk about some of dad's favorite memories of christmas in the past, as well as some of his favorite traditions today

GMCLA 2016 Jeff Mueller and Steve Pieters

a conversation between Jeff Mueller and Steven Pieters at a Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles retreat

Women in Silicon Valley Part 1 of 2: working in the semiconductor industry in the 1960s.
February 20, 2016 App Interview

Silicon Valley in the 1960s; working at Fairchild; meeting Robert Moore; working at National Semiconductor; how the sheep and goats cut costs; mothers in tech roles; working in Eurosil (Europe). Approx. 35 minutes. Part 2 of 2 Part 1: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/women-in-silicon-valley-working-in-the-semi-conductor-industry-in-the-1960s-part-1-of-2/

Women in Silicon Valley Part 1 of 2: working in the semi-conductor industry in the 1960s.
February 20, 2016 App Interview

Arriving in Silicon Valley in the 1960s; looking for work; finding work in the semi-conductor industry; Frankenstein's Laboratory. Approx. 6 minutes. Part 1 of 2. Part 2 is here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/women-in-silicon-valley-working-in-the-semi-conductor-industry-in-the-1960s-part-2-of-2/

A Young Artist Gets A Miracle!

That morning I wished that I could meet with the famous band and network with them. That night I was on stage singing with them! A miracle in Monterrey and in my life as an artist.

Final Interview-

Talk with my JROTC Master Sergeant about life and the military

Judy Wolman created & leads the L.A.based community sing-along program Sing,Sing,Sing–still going after 20+ years. Wow!

While on a vacation in Hawaii with my husband and his 2 sisters I conducted this interview with Judy, asking her about the L.A. based community music program she created & has hosted for > 20 years.

Ann O’Keefe graduated from college in the 1950s and went on to get her PhD. Wow! I wanted to find out more.

My sister-in-law Ann O'Keefe is now retired from a mostly D.C.-based career, primarily with federal agencies and the Pentagon, where she was involved with the beginnings of Head Start as well as with the start of the Dept of the...

"Gave his kids opportunities he never had."
November 24, 2015 App Interview

My father, Shigeru Ochi, was raised in poverty. He focused on working hard and saving to send his kids through college and med school.

A conversation with my cousin Maura Collingwood in Huntington Beach, CA

I asked my mom's 1st cousin about her early life, growing up on a farm in western Ireland and later studying, working as a nurse and raising a family in England, and how she came to be living in the...