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My moms family and her young life

Riffi O'Brien (67) and her One Small Step conversation partner, Michael Goodman (54), talk about their families, the book Michael has written, Riffi's involvement in her community, and Michael's multiple sclerosis.

Katie Spellman (36) speaks with her mentor and collaborator, Christa Mulder (no age given), about their relationship, their pathways in science, what makes for a good mentor and collaborator, and what they have learned from each other.

Sidney Thomas (17) interviews her mother, Mary Ellen Jones (40), about raising children with developmental disabilities, fostering children, and having such a large family.

One Small Step conversation partners, Asha Immanuelle (48) and Gbolade Okestra Soneyin (43), speak about their lives, religion, and the state of affairs in the world today.

Mary Crist (40) shares a conversation with her father, Jim Crist (66), about his childhood, his relationship with her mother, and the concerts that each of them have enjoyed.

Vanessa Landis (34) sat down with her spouse, Bryan Landis (33), to discuss her career into medicine and reflected on their son's life and hopes for their future.

Larisa Vaserman (59) talks with her friend Gillian [No Name Given] [no age given] about the highs and lows of seeking medical care and living with a disability. Larisa also shares what it means for her to create art and...

Mother and daughter, Pamela Semos (60) and Anna Trujillo (34), discuss Pamela's journey navigating MS and illness, family, and faith during hard times.

One Small Step partners Kimberly "Kim" Wilkerson (46) and Karyn Mauch (32) discuss leaving a fundamentalist religion, health care advocacy, and their mutual interest in genealogy.

Ramiro DeTraglia explains persevering through life with multiple sclerosis.

Asking mom about her history a little bit

Zainab Kahn (32) speaks to Michael Stark (29) about his childhood and his work as a social entrepreneur.

My Italian/Ukrainian Grandma talks about her childhood and raising her kids. Even though it was hard for her and her husband to earn enough money to raise 2 girls and 2 boys, she remained humble. She remembers how they waited...

My mom talked about believing in yourself

My aunt Sara Henry and I discuss her brain disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

In this interview, Swayzie Crawley(13), has a conversation about the childhood of her grandmother. Her grandmother informs her all about life in the 1960’s and 70’s. She talks about listening to the beatles on her record player, and getting married...

Fen Ganymede (30) talks with their friend Alayne Unterberger (56) about their experience teaching non-traditional differently abled students, their own ADHD and their inspiration to become an educator.

A Bridge of Hope; Peter and Claire look back on their life together that began when Claire met Peter when she he was 6 and she 16 and how they reconnected 20 years later when Claire was a violist in...

Beth sat down with Galeen in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic to learn about Galeen's experience with MS and guidance to help foster resilience in others. Hear about how MS affects those struggling with the disease and how...

Two humble people get celebrated by their family anyway

Father, Reed Anderson (73) interviews his daughter, Caitlin Anderson (49) about her experience living with multiple sclerosis, her decision to be apart of NIH clinical trial for MS, and how her life has changed since her diagnosis.

Melissa Palmer (44) speaks to Molly Palmer (44) about their relationship together and Molly's transition.

Jeff Muiderman talks to his spouse Geriann Walker about being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and how it inspired him to “take care of himself” in various ways.