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Catherine Kratka (19) talks with her grandmother, Adela Damien Silver (85) about her life in Cuba and coming to America. We discuss her childhood, her opportunity to get an education at Columbia University, and her life in America as an...

Angela is 11 years old in this recording Linda is 77 years old in this recording

An interview with my amazing mother. She talks about her parents and her childhood. She answered the questions very well. I asked the questions as best as I could.

Interviewed my mother in her relationship with those in her life, future advice for me, and adapting herself to America

We discussed his relatives, his childhood, my mother’s childhood, and how he wants to be remembered.

William Silva, 63, and his daughter, Laylah Silva, 38 talk about William’s life growing up coming back an d forth from Cuba to the United States, and their unconventional family.

Dario Morell (57) talks with son Dario Gabriel Morell “Gabriel” (20) about coming to the U.S. at the age of ten, and their visit to Cuba 47 years later to meet long-lost family.

This interview is about my grandmother's childhood, and the changes she faced as she made the change from a Cuban lifestyle to an American lifestyle.

In this interview, we discussed topics on life and future plans. We also talked about childhood and past times.

Gordon tells his granddaughter, Katherine, how he came to California. After a trip to Havana in college, extra clearance was required for his admission to the Air Force due to Fidel Castro's government in Cuba at the time. With the...

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

Sarah vliet’s favorite place is her old house, She had to move when her father passed away on 10-25-2017. She felt very upset about her fathers passing. Her favorite memory was of her and her dad watching movies in their...

Esta es la historia de mi amigo de once años Ahmed Rodríguez. Ahmed nos cuenta sobre su cultura y todas dificultades que vivió en Cuba. Finalmente llega a los Estados Unidos como refugiado después de años y varios intentos fallidos...

Ivette de Pool (37) interviews father Pedro de Pool (64) about family heritage and about his experience as an actor and announcer in Cuba and in the U.S.

This interview was conducted April 15th 2017.

Talking about Cuba

Amarilis (83) talks with her grandson, Lawrence Elmgren (15) about her childhood in Cuba, Fidel Castro coming into power, moving to Spain with two children and her husband, moving to the United States as an immigrant, and raising a family...

Interview about life with my mother

I interview my sister Kalea Wiseman, we talk about her live in Cuba

I interviewed my grandfather on December 1, 2017 about his life story and all that good stuff.

we talked about brazilian culture

When Linda Gray was told she couldn’t become an actress, she didn’t listen, and did what felt right to her. In November of 2017, 15 year old Jack Sloane interviewed his grandma, Linda Gray. He later found out she started...

My grandma and great grandma talking about their life and how they came to the United States from Cuba

This interview is about my grandfathers hard time coming from Cuba, and all the hardships he went through.

I asked five questions to my great-grandmother who told me some of her thoughts on moving to the united states from Cuba. She talked about her happy yet poor childhood and why she had to come to the United States...