I learned some things from and about my mother about her life.

Ariel talks about her family’s migration story and the impacts it has had on their lives.

We spoke about Eric’s life influences and overall reflecting on life.

On October 14 2018, Talal Younis, a first generation immigrant, was interviewed by high school student, Saif Younis. Talal immigrated to the United States in 1968, all on his on, seeking for a better education. His story is told in...

My father talks of his story—childhood to present.

An interview with Valentina about being first generation college student at Calvin University.

Yevheniia Syrevych is an immigrant from Ukraine who had multiple experiences in the American culture. She first came to US when she was a junior in high school; she spent a year in Pennsylvania for a student exchange program. She...

José Gaona's History

In this interview, conducted on November 2017 in Vestavia Hills, AL, I spoke with my parents about their childhood and their families. They each spoke about their families, telling stories of their siblings, parents, and grandparents. They both talked about...

The U.S is a place were you can have a lot of opportunities. The best way to get this opportunities is by working hard everyday.

Memory & experience

Kenney Tran is a Vietnamese American RPCV who served in Colombia, telling stories of exploring his past, learning from history, and analyzing the political movements of today in order to sculpt a better world through policy and legislation. Kenney currently...

We talked about being a first generation student at Austin Community College

My mom and I talk about her childhood and her experiences coming to the US

Interview with Grandpa

This is Connie Lau's experience of recently moving to the United States.

Claudia tells her story of how she came to this country.

My Mom Came form China to America without knowing anyone or English. She explains her journey of being seen as different and how she learned to Speak up and stay strong.

Speaking with my older sister about our family history, her experiences and regrets.

In this recording between my father and I, we talked about his childhood and his experiences of coming to the United States. He talked about his difficultly of living in United States with an American family. Later on, he talked...

Christian is a 2 day long new friend. He is Rodrigo’s roommate that recently came to the United States from Spain.

Born in India, my mom came here at a very young age. This was the land of opportunity but also very scary to be tossed in a new culture with a new language and having to figure out things day...

We discussed being First Generation Americans and the children of refugees.

Reflections about Life

We talked about her life in Brazil and her life in the US and moving between both.