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We talked about my mom’s childhood, arrival to America, and life lessons.
My dad, Idrissa Koroma, spoke with me about the year that he moved our family from Guinea in West Africa to America.
This was an interview that I did with my mom that really just talked about her culture, childhood, my childhood, raising children, her job and her story.
I interviewed my grandma who is 80 years old, with Alzheimer’s disease. The topics discussed were mainly where and how she grew up in Ireland, her journey here and how she met my Arabic grandpa.
My Grandpas story about coming to America and how he built himself up financially and his family life
This interview is a personal one between my Father and I as I learn more about his childhood and the struggles of coming to America.

Susan Polowczuk (57) interviews her dad, George B. Groetsch (83) about his family history.
Florence sits down with a member of EZRA's Social Action Team to talk about coming to America, her advocacy around childhood suicide and what's going on at Weiss Hospital in Uptown, Chicago.
In this interview, recorded on April 23, 2020 amidst the global pandemic COVID-19, my mother and I talk about her faith and how much it means to her. We also cover her struggles in life and how it has shaped...

Rita Danilo (45) and her husband Hugo Danilo (47) talk about their relationship, growing up together and how they eventually decided to have and adopt a total of 10 children.
This is an interview with my grandpa Avi Saks, who is an immigrant from Israel. He discussed his ansestors and parents that came to America and Israel as well.
Feelings about coming to America and being a first generation in their family.
Joe Pacino describes his experience emigrating to the USA from Italy.Then added his early years here in the states.
Stephanie Kinberg will be interviewing Jhandery Guerrero about her experience coming to America at just 4 years old.

Ramon Melendez (56) y su hija Karina Melendez (23) hablan acerca de como era la vida de Ramon cuando se crió en un campo en Mexico donde no tenia muchas opciones para educación, y como llego a los EEUU en...
In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in College Point, New York. Helen Chen(14), interviewed her mother, Xiaofeng Yang(38), about her experiences when coming to America for the very first time. Xiaofeng Yang shares the difficulties that she had faced...