The Affect of Immigration

I talked to my grandma about her father’s family of 13, and how being immigrants changed his life, and hers.

Lily’s Story on immigrating to America

This interview consists of my mom's life in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, and how she was the first in her family to get a higher education than high school after making the trip to America.

LHP immigration from Pakistan

Basically about my moms life and what she has gone through and what her childhood was like

Ice cold people

When I was about 10 immigration took my dad and put it put a lot of strain on my family and I. This was about 10 years ago and we recently got a letter a few months ago saying he...

The Move To America: Will She Or Won’t She?

A Brasilian women meets an American Man around 2003, they soon plan to get married, but what is the process of bringing someone from another country to live in America? Is it smooth sailing all the way through, or is...

Roshni/Jason’s Living History Project

I interviewed my mother about her immigration story but was not limited to her immigration story. Questions would include her life in India both before and after immigration. Her family life, her perspective, and personal story. My ultimate goal was...

U.S. Immigration from Philippines

My grandparents journey to the United States and what they faced

Immigration

My dad shares his story and immigration experience. He shares how he felt, the hardships he faced, and how he overcame those struggles as an US immigrant.

Story of My Mom

This interview is a story of the life of my mother when immigrating to America and starting a new life.

LHP Project Interview

Julia Lis interviewing her mom about her immigration to America from Poland

Criminal Justice and Daca Renewal

Mary Cook (MSW student) interviews Marcos Gonzales (The Director of Informed Trauma Education at a Chicago Catholic School) about his work at Homeboys Industries, bringing attention to the crossover of the criminal justice and immigration system with the story of...

A Conversation Between Coworkers: Lili & Abby

Abby (currently earning a Master of Social Work) interviews Lili (currently earning a M.A. in Counseling). In this segment, Lili discusses how her understanding of her family’s migration changed as she grew up.

Mercedes Luz and Peter Singh

Peter Singh (16) talks with his grandmother, Mercedes Luz (70) about her childhood and growing up in the Philippines. Mercedes discusses her time in Iran during the Iran Iraq war as a nurse in a military hospital. She traveled across...

A Conversation Between Coworkers: Lili & Abby

Abby (currently earning a Master of Social Work) interviews Lili (currently earning a M.A. in Counseling) about her understanding of her family’s migration in childhood and how her perspective has expanded and evolved throughout her life.

Interview with Nonno Gino

Nonno Gino talks about his time in Italy, coming to America, and his time welding. He says to “never stop learning”.

Kate’s Interview With Her Immigrant Grandmother

My grandma is a first generation immigrant to the United States. She came to this country from Ecuador at 8 years old. She shared with me her memories as a young child living in Ecuador and growing up in Chicago.

Coming to America

In this interview conducted in November 2021 in Skokie, Illinois, Amina Khalid (14) interviews her grandfather Syed Matloob Zaidi (74). He shares his happiest and saddest moments in his life as well as living with 9 siblings. Mr. Zaidi also...

The Holocaust and its Legacy

In this interview, I interviewed my mom about her experiences and history growing up in a family of immigrants fleeing the Holocaust.

Abuelo 1/2/21

Discussion with my grandfather about growing up in Colombia and the story of the journey to America and starting a new life