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Husband and wife Arnaldo "13" Salinas (62) and Liz Velez-Salinas (48) talk about their marriage, their upbringings, and the values that they have instilled in their children. Together, they reflect on how Liz's terminal cancer diagnosis has impacted their approach...

Guy Walker [no age given] and his girlfriend Sharon Medina (52) share some of their childhood memories, how they met, and discuss their connection to the Queens Night Market.

Sebastian Chavez (24) talks to his grandmother Carmen Alean [no age given] about their Peruvian heritage, their memories of food and cooking, and their involvement in the Queens Night Market community.

Sisters Prathna Sok (32) and Sokhita Sok (28) talk about moving to the United States from Cambodia and their path to becoming vendors at the Queens Night Market. They reflect on their favorite memories of food and their family.

Partners Zena Zendajas (31) and Imani Parkinson (28) discuss their relationship, how it began, and the things that make their partnership important to each of them.

Lisa Kennedy (40) and her aunt Mary-Pat Murphy (62) discuss and reflect on Mary-Pat's life.

Wanda Chin (63) and her daughter Kendra Danowski (29) reflect on the life of Wanda's mother, how she emigrated to the united states, and their family's laundry business.

Nancy Sing-Bock (68) speaks with her daughter Jennifer Bock (28) about their mixed-race identity, Nancy's father An Van Sing, and their journey to understand their cultural and ethnic identity.

Martha Chan (89) speaks with her daughters Kim Chan (56) and Mary Chan (54) about growing up in Arkansas and Mississippi during the Jim Crow laws, eventually moving to New York City Chinatown where she met her husband, and raising...

Bonnie St. John (55) speaks to her husband Allen Haines (60) about learning to ski at an early age as an amputee, finding a skiing community with both athletes with disabilities and Black skiers, competing at the 1985 Paralympics in...