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One Small Step partners John Northcutt (44) and XinLing Fritz (22) discuss raising chickens, driving around the United States, and collecting pens.

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!

In this interview we talked about my parents’ journey of adopting me and everything that happened before and after.

One Small Step conversation partners, David Durovy (71) and Peggy Watts Gup (67), discuss their experiences as adoptive and foster parents. Peggy talks about being a life-long activist how the 2016 election prompted her to make major changes in her...

My mom describes why she adopted me from China and the challenges I faced from being in an orphanage affecting my development as an infant.

Spouses Samuel Keith Harworth (41) and Valerie Joyce Kurth (43) talk about meeting each other and moving to Helena, Montana together. They share thoughts and memories so far of experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic together, and talk about where they currently...

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

Bailey Collier (18) and her mother, Dana Collier (58), open up about their feelings towards the process of adoption within their family. They share struggles, milestones, and hopes for the future as Bailey prepares for college and Dana continues to...

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...

In honor of National Adoption Month, I interviewed my 13-year old sister Lillian Hart, who was adopted from China, about her feelings about adoption and about where she came from.

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...

Interview with 15 years old Penelope Platt, adopted from China to the US.

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.

This is a interview of my mom and her life.

Getting to know Annie and her life experiences.

I had an interview with my lovely mother on October 7, 2018. We discussed what it is like to be a parent, her favorite memories of me, and more. We discussed snippets of her childhood and other parts of her...

Ellen’s Immigration story

In the interview, Mrs. King shared with us about the years when she was a young adult in China in the 60s. Later, she also reflected on her experience of accommodating to a new life as she move from China...

Lexi and her mom discuss growing up, what working hard means, and what legacies they'll leave behind.

In this interview, William Reicher (17) and brother Graham Reicher (14) ask their grandmother Phyllis Winkelstein Reicher (93) about her life and memories.