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Lucia Lara Filter (18) interviews her parents Maria Lara (52) and Jim Filter (52) about their lives, memories as a family, and wisdom they have to share with Lucia as she prepares to leave for college on the same day...

Colleagues Margarita [No Name Given] (31) and Pat Medige (57) share a conversation about immigration, focusing in particular on Margarita's experience coming to the United States and eventually gaining DACA status. Margarita also reflects on the importance of education to...

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...

Sheila Mastropietro (67) interviews her friend Miguel Rodriguez (58) about his experience migrating from Cuba to the United States and building a life in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Lucia Polston [no age given] interviews her parents, Jorge Mendez (61) and Rosa Mendez (58), about when they met and about the lives they made for themselves in Friona, Texas.

Alejandra Cano (45) is interviewed by her new friend Nestor Gomez (47) about her present after overcoming drug addiction, being affected by depression throughout her life, and her experience as the daughter of Chilean exiles who escaped the Pinochet dictatorship.

Veronica Guevara (25) talks with her comadre, Dawn Martinez Oropeza (50), about being one of only a few Latinos in Marshalltown in elementary school, the impact of immigration raids on her undocumented family members, her feelings on racism and classism,...

Dolores Arredondo (40) and Nancy Nigrete (22) share their experiences being one of the few California Latinas at Wellesley College. Dolores explains her path after college and reminds Nancy to have confidence as she sets forth into the job market.