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I discussed meaningful memories and thoughts with my daughter and came to understand her more than I did before

Juana Martinez (17) interviews her dad, Miguel Martinez (40), about his life and how it was growing up in Mexico and having to assimilate in the US.

A Woman's Right: The Story It Tells – Victoria of Alamo, Texas speaks frankly about her experiences post-2016 election, her feelings regarding gender roles, and women's rights. Victoria talks about how her Mother and Aunts are all business owners in...

Interviewing my Mom about her life and asking who’s her inspo.

People of the Rio Grande Valley: Mitch. Artist Mitch Darte and I talk about the loss of her Mother and how it propelled her into her flourishing career in painting. Mitch was a high school art teacher, and after losing...

Mom and daughter talk about school and growing up in a foreign country.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Anonymous 10, "They kind of saw me as a threat sometimes I feel because I was such a hardworking person." Anonymous 10 is a bartender in McAllen working as the premier cocktail...

Betty talks about how the Traber family arrives in the US and her memories of her grandparents and parents

This is a story about a woman who has certainly taught in some unconventional ways. In this interview high school senior, Billy Pitt, sits down with his teacher, Nancy Voggesser, who tells us about her journey to becoming a teacher...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: David. David Withrow is the successful owner of the local cafe, Agrarian Coffee in McAllen, TX. David is a father and husband with a penchant for the refined culinary palette. David speaks...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in McKinney,Texas, Jaron Staiger (15) interviews his mom, Tamra Staiger (39) about her life experiences. Tamra shares stories about her childhood, nicknames, jobs, and other life experiences.

Interview with my mother for a college course in Introduction to Speech Communication.

I interview my good friend about his life, we discuss immigration from Monterrey, NL to Laredo,TX and how that impacted his life. Mexican culture regarding family and friendship. Growing up between Mexico and Texas, living on the border.

interviewing my Tia Lucy, my dad’s oldest sister, while my dad is in the hospital recovering from his liver biopsy for his cancer diagnosis.

Avery Echols (18) talks with her mother, Yolanda Robertson (51) about Black womanhood.

Interview with my Mother

Margarita (Margie) talks about her experience as a mother of four children and health care in the United States.

"I believe everyone should have their choice." - April Vallejo shares her experience as a young mother who believes every woman should have the right to choose. April attended the local Women's March in Brownsville, Texas with her daughter on...

My mother, Mary Esther Ford (née Bazaldua) discusses her mother’s upbringing (Zoila Michaela Bazaldua) in the 1920s and 1930s in Sinton, Texas.

I learned about my mother’s childhood more.Also that her home town like planting Christmas trees.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Fernando Torres and I talk about his goals as a computer science major and music DJ in the Rio Grande Valley. Fernando has organically fallen into the role of photographer's apprentice while...

An insight into the life of an Iranian-American LGBTQ couple. Life in Germany versus the US as Iranian LGBTQ’s. Danny and Ardalan’s historical family business and their work running one of the first Iranian LGBTQ nonprofit organizations.

The basics of her life and how her childhood was.

Anonymous 9 tells us about her happiest and scariest moment in her life, about growing up in a Colonia, about who she aspires to get her PHD, and how her and her husband fell in love.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Noe Rios and I have a conversation of what is like to live in the Rio Grande Valley in the United States and unable to visit family without any frequency. "Still having...