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An interview with my grandmother

I discussed the 4 questions with my Nani, and elaborated more to learn about her life and struggles. She shared many stories with me.

I was very interested in the stories that my dad had told me and I learned a lot about him and his personality!

An interview of my mom’s life as a kid in China, from school to home life, to moving to America with my dad.

In this interview recorded on January 2, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas, Venice Xie (15) asks her mom, Tracy Xie (47) about growing up in China and moving to the United States. Mrs. Tracy explains how her childhood was difficult...

I asked my grandfather some questions, which my dad answered some.

We begin with my mother's childhood, then her career in PR before meeting my father, their relationship, struggles in having Jiming (my brother), as well as me and my younger sister Kelly, and her experience(s) immigrating to the US.

My grandma when she was small was devastated because of the poorest with traumatic stress

My 83 year old grandma telling me her past, her story, and her experience. From China to Vietnam due to the Japanese invasion to America, my grandma tells me of her experience. She tells me of her adaptation to the...

From September 1968 to September 2018, stories of courtship, love, travel and advice. Neil and Kathleen Pope Hughes, long-time Washingtonians married for 50 years.