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At age 10, after 5 years of hardship, sacrifice, and intimidation under the Fidel Castro Regime, Isabel Fleitas Gruba (62), her mother, Pastora Lopez Fleitas , and her father, Gonzalo Fleitas (93) board a Freedom Flight to Miami in 1970...

My Cuban grandmother and I discuss her early life, including memories of school and childhood, while we learn stories of her marriage proposal, wedding day, and even how recent political activities have affected her. She also shares some of her...

My dad and I sat down and spoke about life from childhood to today

Leslie and Tatiana share nemories about her childhood and how it was like in Cuba. She shares her journey to the United States. Tatiana gives advice on gratefulness toward others and God. Including interesting thanksgiving stories and rituals.

Asking my half sister a couple of questions about her and her life.

Alina Acosta, senior in high school in Miami, interviews her Cuban-immigrant mother, Iliana Borges-Acosta. They discuss her mother’s childhood and relationships.

One Small Step partners Vanessa Schoon Smith (45) and Heather Brownlie (50) discuss the assumptions people make about them, political extremism drowning out moderatism, social media encouraging divisiveness, and their hopes for the future.

We talked about advice for people getting married and future families, her hopes for me, and our Catholic faith.

An interview with my mom about her early life and her career.

This interview was between me, Ashley Pazos and Jose Lenza, my great grandfather who is 86 while I’m 18. We talked about his life in cuba, and a brief mention of life in America.

My mother, Isabel Concepción Gonzalez, giving a personal insight to what immigrating to the United States from Cuba was like.

Interview about life with my mother

This is the story of Roger Sosa’s life, and how the Cuban Revolution impacted his life.

My grandma and great grandma talking about their life and how they came to the United States from Cuba

In this interview, we discussed topics on life and future plans. We also talked about childhood and past times.

This is a story of Roger Sosa’s life, and how the Cuban Revolution impacted it.

This interview was conducted April 15th 2017.

Interview with Maria Tapias about emigrating from Cuba

Tita and Abuelo discussed their history and struggles in Cuba with me.

This interview started with asking my grandmother for permission to record the interview, to which she said yes. We got into detail describing how her childhood was in Cuba and how she experienced living in a communist country. She went...

an interview from a son to mother about her cuban childhood and life

We talked about communism, what her life has been like and what she desires her future grandchildren will know about her.

Eduardo Mendez is a husband and a father of three. His shares with me his values for life, love, and happiness.

This is an interview of the wonderful kind and strong woman Ruth Perez. This describes her immigration to America and raising her family im a foreign land.

My name is Priscilla Colon and I interviewed my grandma, Norma Castellanos. She is 79 years old and was born in La Habana, Cuba. I asked her questions about her life in Cuba, her life in the United States, and...