Kathryn Baer and Maya Berry

[Recorded: Thursday, September 28, 2023] Kathryn Baer (19) from Charlottesville, VA and Maya Berry (19) from Reston, VA participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Maya identifies as...

Rebeca Barroso

Rebeca Barroso was born in Cuba and migrated to the United States with her parents at the age of 13. Rebeca's interest in nursing came through a circuitous route through the late 1960s and early 1970s women's health movement, a...

Abuela's forbidden love

Carmen Ortiz talks with her granddaughter Coralys Simpson about her forbidden love with an American sailor.

The Power of Perspective: A Service Trip to Manzanillo Cuba

Mary Jo Stanley speaks with Nicole (Nikki) Gefteas about an experience that altered the way she viewed the world and her place in it. Nikki describes her travels to Manzanillo Cuba where she and her fellow volunteers created and conducted...

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Mari Fernandez and Albert Fernandez

Mari Teresa Fernandez (67) and her husband, Albert R. Fernandez (71), discuss memories of growing up. Albert Fernandez describes growing up in the immigrant neighborhood of Ybor City in Tampa, Florida. Mari Fernandez describes migrating from Cuba at seven years...

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Anna Paloma Williams and Luz Kenyon

Anna Paloma Williams (32) asks her mother, Luz Kenyon (58), about what life was like for her as she immigrated to the United States from Mexico and raised her children in a new country. They also discuss the female role...

Bob Alpern visits Cuba in 1979

John Friedrich (56) talks with his friend Bob Alpern (92) about his visit to Cuba in 1979, where he had some of the best ice cream he’s ever tasted, and one of the greatest beaches in the world (Varadero), meeting...