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Hello Everyone, Frank is a very caring man who loves his family and friends very dearly. Getting to spend time with him was very sentimental because of how lonely he gets over some period of time but manages to keep...

interview with Janette Thompson

In this interview, coworkers Austin (24) and Megan (22) talk about Austin’s experience moving from California to Nebraska.

Grace and Isabel(16) interview their grandmother about her father’s family, immigration, and experiences in America, and our Grandfather talks about about his family too.

One Small Step partners Jennifer Yox (37) and Pat Keebler (75) have a conversation about titling memoirs, history being written by the victors, and learning to give people the benefit of the doubt.

One Small Step conversation partners Austin Reilly (29) and Aaron Cummings (23) talk about feminism, culture, and the differences between and learnings from Gen Z and Millennial generations.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Joe MacDougall (56) about his life as an actor in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

this is an interview about a displaced person. The story of how she got to America. And how it was like as a child going through Ellis island and starting a new life in America. 

Ukrainian Immigrant, Helen Fitzmartin, describes her early life and what she has learned from the U.S.

Mother and daughter Rose Tonti (101) and Mary Miller (62) discuss their family’s history and immigration from Italy to the United States during World War II.

Jill Heil [no age given] interviews her parents, Ken Patrick [no age given] and Kathleen "Kathy" Patrick [no age gven] about growing up, having children, and words of wisdom for future generations.

Mireille's family was living a very nice life in Brussels, Belgium when the Nazis swept through Europe. Her father had a successful business making outerwear and when the Nazis got to Brussels, they commandeered the factory, keeping him on to...

Dr. Rachel Sutz Pienta (49) sits down with her mother, Nora Sutz (71), to discuss their family history, to reminisce about their favorite family memories, and to remember family members who have passed away.

My grandma and I talked about her life growing up. We also talked about her life as a wife and a mom.

Gennaro Cambardella (79) tells his son Michael Cambardella (37) about Gennaro's father, "Pop," and the family's immigration to the U.S.

I asked my baba about he time she went to sha hot dog place and i asked her some questions about it.

Matthew Selden (27) and Tom Lazio (76) discuss his Italian immigrant heritage, various experiences in public service, and the past, present, and future of Ottumwa, Iowa.

Thomas Martinez (61) talks with one of his food service delivery clients, Beverlee Newcomb (73), about his job delivering meals with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC), how he came to work for them, and the care he takes to do...

Dishing the gossip with my grandparents about their lives and what it was like growing up in their generation. *Funny stories alert!*

Eric Payne (35) talks to facilitator Mia Raquel (24) about growing up in Fresno and working to give back to his community. He describes some of the struggles faced by members of his community, analyzes the underrepresentation of black and...

Don Simmons (63) talks to his partner, Gabriel Mora (36), about coming to Fresno and feeling cared for by the residents of Fresno when he was experiencing a medical crisis. He follows by talking about his life here as a...

Harumi Sasaki (88) talks with her daughter Nadine Takeuchi (64) about her experience living through the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath as a Japanese-American teenager and what her life was like when she moved back to California to work as...

Paul Gilmore (50) asks his friend Brian Kenney Fresno (56) about his career as a musician. Brian talks about his initial ideas about becoming a musician, describes the "Warr guitar" that he plays, and talks about his ideas of Fresno.

Friends Sukaina Hussain (35) and Zakira Jones (22) discuss their upbringings, their faith, and perceptions around their religious practice.

Peter Kaplanis (74) walks his daughter Cami Kaplanis (50) through his father's emigration to the U.S. from Greece, his upbringing in San Francisco and his military service.