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My Grandfather has worked very hard when he came to the United States

In this recording, Alisha Rodriguez at Washington Junior High in Bentonville Arkansas, records an audio file for StoryCorps. Alisha is in seventh grade.

Derek (17) interviews his father, Dr Griffin (49) about his first semester in college.

This is an interview about life as a teen in high school

In this interview, conducted in November of 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, Keyla Garcia (17) interviews her mother Karla Franco (45) about her experiences growing up in relation to school and work. Ms. Franco describes her time in school as a...

Mary Kleyweg interview- Born during the Great Depression, raised during World War II, from farm life In Le Mars, IA to San Francisco, to Mississippi, to Chicago. The life of Christ and Family.

I sat down with my dad to talk about his life and how he grew up. He started from basically nothing and took advice from those of a greater intelligence and applied it to his life and has become very...

Working hard helps with success

On December 10th Anabella Wade interviewed her grandfather Jorge Leyva. He lived in Tijuana and went to school learning English. In Tijuana he met his love juanita Leyva and moved to America and had 5 children.

After listening to what she has said I can say she is a strong person and she works hard to achieve are gols in life and she inspire me to work and focus on my studies. Thank you ❤️

I interview my father on growing up in the eighties, his interests in relation to mine, and experiences he had that shaped the man he is today. A healthy balance of hard work and enjoying life captures the essence of...

Hans Roehricht (82) talks with his granddaughter (15) about the trajectory of his life leading to the present time and the legacy he has made for himself. Emphasizing on the strenuous years of his career life in the United State...

My name is Chase Celestin and i’m interviewing my grandmother.

The hardships of becoming something from nothing.

Covid 19, growing up, accomplishments, faith, and regrets.

My name is Linzy Rivera and I interviewed my father Robert Rivera age 50 on December 3, 2019 in Dudley, MA. My dad’s father came from Puerto Rico with the circus when he was 18. My dad’s father also worked...

Giselle Mustafa (17) interviews her father, Khalid Mustafa (59) to know more about his life as a Palestinian living in Chicago in the 1960s-1970s, his life moving to a whole new country, and his life now.

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So like this is my mom because my grandparents don’t know how to use technology at all

This interview took place in Bayside, New York, on December 1st, 2019. In it, Ami Farrell asks her mother, Setsu Sakaguchi, about the challenges she has faced in life and what she has learned from them. As an immigrant from...

Her mother taught her very influencing lessons that help her today such as hard work and love as well as faith

Adam’s son interviews Adam’s dad.

This is an interview with my little sister Nora. She is a sixth grader and my interview is an attempt to discover how a 10 year old thinks.

Layla Abdo (15yrs old granddaughter) and Ibrahim Jalal (grandfather). Interview about Ibrahim Jalal’s life and the lessons he has learned.

Her childhood memories assisted her to double majors for her community