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Grace Gao, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, LHIT-HP, is an ANCC certified Informatics Nurse and public health nurse. She earned her PhD in Nursing and DNP in Nursing Informatics and Integrative Health from the University of Minnesota. Grace is currently an associate...

Lois Hely was born May 17, 1950 in Darby, Pennsylvania. In a November 6, 2023 interview, she told some of the stories of her childhood, career and family life.

This is an interview between Forest Zeng(17) and his mother Ning Ma(59). the topics discussed are mostly related to how life was like for Ning during her life.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her relationship with her father during her teenage years and living in Japan during the U.S. occupation following World War II.

Helen Jean Eli, age 85, who lives in Kansas, discusses her experience with nursing and her unplanned but exciting trip to Japan.

Jinghua Tang, who is also my Dad, was born in China following Mao Zedong's death. Growing up in a time of increased openness in China, we discuss what this time was like.

Paul talks about the adjustments he faced as he came to school in America, especially during the time of COVID, and also about his life and hobbies and what ultimately drives him.

Noa Suk (16) interviews Jin Suk (51) about his experience growing up in different places, and his decision to get out of Korea.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Leah Okimoto was born in upstate New York, and after having to move to several places across the country, she settled in Marlboro, Massachusetts, where she cemented her childhood. In New York City, she pursued...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Xi Hua Zhao was born in China, where he lived a happy and modest life. He moved to the United States over a decade ago to help his daughter take care of his grandchild, and...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Zhi Qing Chen, born in Wuhan, China, talks about his life growing up amidst the violence of the Second Sino-Japanese War. He moved to America over a decade ago to care for his grandchild, and...

I, Shiori, and Ryota asked each other about our hobbies and share our life in the US, and 3 important things in our life.

In this interview Alexa (US), Adebowale (Ivory Coast), and Kanon (Japan) talked about life in Mankato and other experiences.

In this interview Paul and Jerry fall into a deep conversation where Paul asks Jerry some interesting questions and Jerry tells him some of his experiences in China and in the United States.

Baoxia Liu was born in Beijing, China and came to the United States in 1997, and she became a US citizen with two children. The interviewer is her 16 year old son, James Huang. She talked about her childhood, lessons...

a summary of the topics that were talked about in the interview were that mom had to do a lot of work when she was in China. Interview is in Chinese.

Kenshin Sugimoto(13) talks with his grandfather, Koushi Murayama(78) about his childhood, and challenges he faced in life. He talks about how his family was poor, and how he came to work at a marketplace, and how he works as a...

Emma Price (22) interviews Andee Price about her adoption journey and the hardships that came along with it. Some hard times and good memories are discussed here.

Junko Takamatsu talks about her contrasting life in America vs. Japan.

Junko Takamatsu (age 74) is an Japanese American woman born after WWII. She shares her story of coming from Japan to the America. Her granddaughter, Lauren Kwong (age 16) asks her questions about her life in America.

Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...

I interviewed my mom on how her childhood was like, her life in America, and future perspectives.

I interviewed Mariko Kaji talking about how she traveled from Japan to the US.

Andover Stories of American Identity: Alex Wu sits down to interview his exceptional math tutor, Tao Tu, about his childhood as a math prodigy in China, immigrating to the United States, and raising his family, including his two daughters.

[Recorded: Monday, March 14, 2022] Rose Guterbock (36) and Regina A. (65) have a One Small Step conversation. Rose spent her formative years in Japan as an international student and now runs a non-profit in Charlottesville. Regina lives in Vienna...