Meredith Rowland and Liz Wessel

Meredith talks with her colleague, Liz, about her journey to her nursing career, starting in a veterinary clinic, the Army, and finally Cal State Fullerton. She and Liz talk about working in Home Health and the challenges, and joys of...

Interview with Omar Mohammed

Interviewing my roommate from Iraq about his childhood and experiences growing up

Interview to my Dad

I talked with my dad about his time in the army and what it was like

The Gulf War

The Gulf War resulted from Iraq’s attempted invasion and occupation of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein wanted to annex Kuwait for its rich oil reserves, for the debt Iraq owed to Kuwait, and merely to show...

PTSD and Me: How Poetry saved me from Suicide

Erika Land and Aissatou Sidime-Blanton discuss that PTSD the Erika suffered as part of her U.S. military service as a pharmacy technician and how poetry, and producing her one-woman play (“PTSD and Me/At ease. Not today PTSD.”), has helped her...

Life in Iraq

My grandma tells us a little bit of what life was like back in Iraq, how they moved to the United States and how it was like when they moved.

Kevin Spradlin’s Experience

Kevin Spradlin explains his life in the military. Though his serving time was shorter than most, it was eventful, memorable, and deserves a huge thanks.

A life well lived

Ranya story of her family coming to America.

Ryan Kules- Iraqi war Survivor, wounded warrior

In this interview Riley Souder interviews Ryan kules. We talk about his childhood, his past and and now. He had a major injury in Iraq which changed his whole life.