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Ava is a junior at Marlborough School in Los Angeles. Passionate about literature and issues surrounding immigration, she found KYCC’s opportunities to be all encompassing. She is the creator of BOS Coalition, an organization to highlight the stories of people...

Caleigh, a college student at the University Massachusetts Amherst, is matched with a community volunteer, Candace, to participate in a semester long storytelling project together for Caleigh's class entitled "The Epidemic of Loneliness. After establishing a new intergenerational relationship, they...

Katja (43) talks about growing up in Germany, moving to the United States, and her experience stranded in Canada during 9/11.

Mary Catherine Hustoles, Mary Beth Hustoles and Ilana Jakubowski discuss generational differences of growing up as a woman.

Board of Directors Storytelling Project: In our fourth StoryCorps conversation, listen to an intergenerational chat between our Board members Barbara Kivowitz and Michelle Maalouf. They talked about their career paths, the importance of intergenerational relationships in their lives, and how...

Jong Park is a 75-year-old senior who is currently living in the Menlo Apartment with her husband. She was born in Masan, South Korea and studied Theology at a small college in Seoul, South Korea. Jong and her husband worked...

Patricia shares stories about her time at The Mount. She started as a teacher in the intergenerational daycare and ended her career as director of special events where she oversaw the O'Christmas tree events She also talks about the time...

Luz was born in Veracruz, Mexico. In Mexico, she spent 18 years working as an elementary school teacher. Luz eventually immigrated to the U.S. in 2003, and has been living in Koreatown for 18 years. She began first working in...

Jung Koo was born in the Gyeongsang Province, Korea and immigrated to Texas in 1975. In 1976, he moved to Los Angeles’ Koreatown with his wife and three children. Jung Koo’s first job in L.A. was at a sewing factory...

Abbi is a freshman at Orange County School of the Arts in the Creative Writing conservatory. She is published in literary magazines like Down in the Dirt and Plum Tree Tavern. Abbi is also a magazine editor for HerCulture and...

In honor of Latino/a and Hispanic Heritage Month, San Francisco Village Wellness coordinator Jessica Da Silva (34) interviews SFV member George Woyames (77) about what he would want other generations to know about being Latino in his generation.

LGBTQ Intergenerational conversation

Delores (82) shares her insight, experience, and testimony on a changing community with Gabby (17). As an organization, we believe intergenerational spaces and intergenerational sharing is important.

My grandfather is the son of Polish immigrants, and on March 19, 2016, I interviewed him during a family reunion in Seattle about his adventurous life growing up in New York City, and working in the Arctic as a geologist.

Former and current colleagues within the Providence Mount St Vincent foundation talk about what makes The Mount special. They talk about the importance of the mission continuing and the people, volunteers and residents who created a legacy.

Joe is a senior at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies. Over the years, he had learned to truly appreciate the arts. He writes almost daily about his emotions and thoughts in a journal; and although he cannot play...

Board of Directors Storytelling Project: Our third StoryCorps conversation is between San Francisco Village Executive Director Kate Hoepke and Board member Dr. Wayne Pan. Kate and Wayne shared personal stories that led them to be where they are today. They...

Stephenson and Darby discuss their lives as trans people--one from the perspective of a young trans man (19). The other from the perspective of an older trans woman (58).

LGBTQ activism and intergenerational community support

Theodore and his mother Colleen talk about attending marches in support of Black rights in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

Okay, we can get started. Today is May 5, 2021. My name is Rebecca Louie and I'm going to be interviewing Samuel Ku. To just get started, would you mind telling me a little bit about yourself and your job?...

Jadyn is a junior at New Covenant Academy in Los Angeles. She attends school in Koreatown and has lived there for a large portion of her life. Koreatown is her home, and she is interested in preserving its history and...

Cailey is a senior attending New Covenant Academy in Los Angeles. She has always loved to write and serves as an editor on her school newspapers as well as head writer in Yearbook. When she isn’t trying to finish one...

Kim has a storied history with The Mount. Her grandmother was a beloved resident at The Mount for 20 years and her father lived the last 7 months of his life there. She and her wife Tina are both volunteers...

Gilbert Kim is an elderly resident at Menlo Apartments, as well as a father to three children and grandfather to 2. Working as a teacher (for elementary, middle, and high school) in Korea during the seventies, he has seen firsthand...