A Chit Chat with Nan

My grandmother, Philomena, told me about life growing up in Ireland, her experiences as an immigrant, her career as a nurse, and her thoughts on generation Z.

Family

I talked to my sister about her experience as an immigrant and child

Leonie Parrilla; A First Generation Immigrant

This is Leonie Parrilla, she is a 65 year old immigrant from the Philippines who has been living in the United States since she was 11 years old.

Final interview

This is a interview with Soheil Younai, my father, based on his immigration to the United States from Iran. We speak about his Jewish identity and hardships moving across the world

La historia de mi Padre

In this interview, conducted in December 2, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA, Janet Luna (16 year old) interviews her father Maximino Luna (49 year old) about his experience on immigrating to the U.S at a young age. Max also discusses...

Identity Interview

I asked questions about how their life has impacted them to become a better person.

Shalini Chandra on completely uprooting her life and starting a new one

Shalini Chandra, my mother, talks about her childhood and her journey in life as she moved to America to start a new life, and what she’s carried with her.

An Immigrant Journy to the US

My father talks about his journey of illegally crossing the US border in 2003 from Mexico. The stuggles and changes he went through to get a better life for his family. The misconceptions that Mexicans have on life in the...

Immigration Family Interview

Jorge Cruz takes the time to talk about his experience about being an undocumented immigrant.

Dorothea’s life

Dorothea’s childhood was a learning experience, meeting her husband and learning new things. Moving from Indonesia, holland, and then immigrating to the us was a memorable experience, and from everything defines who she is today.

The emotions and feelings of a dreamer like Carlos!

Carlos is a 17 year old who is currently a senior at School Of Social Justice. He talks about his feelings like the love he has for his partner and how he also has love for his family and the...

APB

Story of Immigration. Experiences in Mexico and the United States

Immigration in 2001 – a very different time

A successful immigrant story, who realize her dream and stopped at nothing, who had to separate from her own 14 month old child, so she could let us have a better life in the future.

Navegantes (con Fabiola Bair)

Fabiola Bair (31) talks with primo-hermano Joseph Hernandez (28) about family origins, structure, traditions, social networks, accomplishments and life in general. Trail-blazers at heart and descendientes de familia Oaxaqueña, Fabiola and Joseph share their experiences growing up as 1st Generation,...

Interviewing my Mom

Today I interview my mom in her office at home about growing up as an Asian American who immigrated from Southeast Asia. We discuss about how it was like and what difficulties she had faced. The photo above is a...

Experience as an Expatriate

I talk with my great aunt about her job and education in the PI, her experience as an OFW/Expat, and how it contributed to her success and stability in America.

A Different Point of View

An interview about my father’s experiences during the Vietnam War, growing up in Vietnam, and being a first generation immigrant parent fleeing to America for more opportunities. Additionally, he talks about the hardships of being in a foreign county and...

Grandma’s Story

I, Genesis Bernal, interviewed my grandmother, Sun Kim, and asked her questions about her childhood, coming to America, her occupations, and my mother’s and uncle’s father.

Victor & Rachael Lidskog

Rachael is from California and Victor is from Sweden. We met in Hawaii and fell in love.

Interview with Mom

Immigration story with my mom (Mary Jayne), how we came to the U.S.