Words of inspiration from Zakiya

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

In this interview, my dad talked about how he came to the U.S, and what life was like after he came.

We talked about our views on the government and mainly what my mothers views and opinions were.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Eureka, California, Taryn Sanborn (16) interviews her family friend Douglas Glenn (61) about his childhood and his adventure in the military. Doug shares stories about learning how to deal with getting a...

The dictionary defines a role model as a person whose behavior, example, or success is emulated by others. On that basis, Markiel Daniel, my grandfather, is my role model. When Markiel Daniel was a citizen of the former Soviet Union,...

Rachel Hayimov interviews her mother Margarita Kholdarova. She learns about her moms childhood and the changes that came about in her life. It was a chance for Rachel to get to know her mom more and about her past. She...

At the age of seven, Jesse Marino and his family came to America to seek asylum from communism in Cuba. On December 22nd in Toluca Lake, Mia Phillips sat down with her family friend, Jesse Marino(58 years old), to learn...

Have you ever moved? Across states? Countries? Continents? My grandma has. I am Alyssa Bojenkova and I interviewed Genny Saitova. I am 14 and she is 76. At 1:30 my grandma begins to talk abot ber childhood pet, my favourite...

God and Life and Self

It took about 2 years and 6,000 miles to experience any form of freedom for the first time. On January 5, 2020, 15 year old Kian Salehi asks his mother, Nini Salehi, about her journey to America and the challenges...

That’s about 2020 election and what your opinions are on freedom our country and safety

The freedom in a person

A 70 year old reflects back on success, money, time, and family in a conversation with her son and daughter.

Taking a deeper look into the mind of someone who is not a feminist

My Grandmother and I discuss all of our experiences growing up and how that shaped who we are today

This interview is with my aunt Vatsana Suttlemyre from Laos. We talked about her journey to America and her life after she moved to Bountiful.

Lillian Holloway (40) speaks with her sister Regina Holloway (42) as a birthday gift for Regina about how much they mean to each other, what freedom means, and how going to Cuba changed their lives.

In a conversation with my grandmother, we spoke about coming to the United States and the Hardships of leaving her home country of Cuba. She spoke about her experiences coming to a new country and the difficult decision of moving...

This interview was about my father finding a new life and home.

Ashley interviews her past high school teacher Ms Murray at Hudson High School in March 2020 to talk about her educational and travel experiences. In this interview Ms Murray goes into depth about her stories of becoming a teacher, her...

In this interview, conducted in December, 2017 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Aditya Acharya (15) interviews his mother Kalpana Acharya (36) about what she thinks it means to be an American. Ms. Acharya shares how she associates the identity trait of being...

In this interview, conducted on November 22nd 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Andrew Cook (17) interviews his great aunt, Shirley Lowe (80) about her childhood during the Great Depression and how the world has progressed. She also talks about the technological...

Kirsty expresses her disappointment in the Australian Government regarding oil and gas in the Timor Sea. She shares her wisedom on life and courage.

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