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One Small Step conversation partners Sean McKell (53) and Erik Hendrickson (65), strangers, have a conversation about their backgrounds, families, careers, and beliefs, finding commonalities despite differences in age and life experiences.

Helene Van Manen (64) and her husband Dave Van Manen (67) share stories from their lives as they detail their love, their family, and their journey westward from Brooklyn, New York, to Beulah, Colorado.

Friends Shirley Martinez (63) and Anabela Crooks (70) discuss Shirley’s time in the military, the African diaspora, and self-acceptance.

Manuela Velasquez (23) interviews Robert "Bob" Holmes (77) about his career, his work with homeless individuals, and the personal impact his work has had on him.

Colleagues in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at OHSU, Oliver Pelayo (50) and Alexander Liguori (30) sit down to discuss family, ambitions, and their perspectives on success.

I interviewed my Grandma Eleanor about her life.

Clarence Read (82) with support from his wife Susan Read [no age given], shares memories with his friend John Notz (90).

Erika McMillin (48) interviews her mother, Janet Hulme (75), about her childhood, her career, her marriage, the places she’s lived, and the life lessons that she has learned along the way.

Hunter Ball (left) and Kalvyn Adams (right) start things off with an introduction to their recent life as percussionists, as that’s how they grew to be friends and shared their friendship in many different ways, then move to a more...

Lisa Sims (63) and her daughters, Paige Spencer (35) and Grace Sims (25), sit down for a conversation about their fondest memories, career goals, and spiritual experiences, as well as the love they have for one another.