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Mackenzie Stone (26) talks with her family friend and financial advisor, Albert Mikulencak (50), about her education and career path in accounting. She remembers FINISH.

Mom and son, Metta Johnson (74) and Michael Johnson (41), discuss Metta's life growing up in Georgia, her relationship with her husband Clyde Johnson, and her career as a nurse.

RN Beth Gafur (56) interviews her fellow hospice nurse Anna Seaver (67) about how personal bereavement with loss of young son, Randy, led to her nursing career. They discuss learning from their experiences of end of life care.

Joan Ruskin, 85, talks to her daughter Susan Steinhauer, , about life after her heart attack and what she now considers important in life.

Stephanie Williams (59) interviews her colleague and friend Sherry Hayes (61) about her long career as a nurse, hers many years working at Providence and how she takes care of herself and others.

Nancy Cypert (78) talks about illnesses that afflicted her best friend and killed her husband; and her appreciation for TrinityCare Hospice.

Alta Flowers Birdsong (89) tells her sorority sisters Laura Peterson (51) and Carol Harman [no age given] about her life and involvement in the Delta Gamma sorority and sorority alumni associations.

Ellen Murkison (42) interviews her husband David Murkison (42) about how the accident of their sons impacted their lives and their son's journey to recover.

Sarah Pearce (72) interviews her neighbor, Alcira Ruiz (85), about her life in Cuba, the Cuban Revolution, and immigration to the United States.

Aimee Shaffer (62) interviews her friend Brandi Winkleman (37) about her work at A HOPE for Santa Rosa County. They also discuss the importance of working together as a community, as well as the joy animal-human bonds can bring to...

One Small Step conversation partners Carroll "Reid" Hopkins (59) and MA Schaub (54) discuss the loss of their parents, the affect of the news media, their conscious choices to move away from this overt influence and their changing beliefs.

Preciliana Sandoval (53) talks to SC Facilitator, Erin Dickey (25), about how she became an artist, how her knowledge of history drew her to open a walking tour business of Mesilla, and about how she is an “unusual” grandma to...

Kiplyn Primus (60) interviews her friend Milton H. Jones, Jr. (70) about his life, touching on his childhood, his college years, and his career in banking and business.

One Small Step conversation partners Jean Walker (74) and Cate Fitt (76) discuss their memories of growing up, their shared love of gardening and pets, gender in medicine, and the dynamics of parenthood.

Scott (51 y.o.) and Amy (51 y.o.) talk about the loss of their child to cancer, their experience as parents dealing with terminal illness, sibling support, and hospice care.

Coworkers and friends Katie Koepke (43) and Amanda Edwards (40) discuss their work as a nurse and social worker, their experiences with dying patients, and the healthcare system in the United States.

Colleagues Vivian Garcia (31) and Jasmine Garcha (28) discuss their experiences with death, palliative care, and their role as doctors in helping families when a loved one is sick.

Connie Bookman (63) and her son Darcy Reeves (37) share a conversation about their family, their public service work, and their motivations for doing the work they do.

Vivian Moore (60) talks with her significant other, Johnny Gilliam (62), about her career as a nurse and about working in hospice care.

Catherine Keyes-Guichard (53) talks with Daniel Fine (70) about growing up in Northern California and her memories of being restless, rebellious, and searching. She also discusses moving to Europe 30 years ago, marrying a French man, making her home in...

Friends and neighbors Gail McGill (67) and Leta Spatz [no age given] share the story of how their husbands' deaths brought them together.

Lynn (68) shares her story from college professor to hospice volunteer to board member and board chair at TrinityCare.

Tara Lupo (61) interviews her friend and colleague Lina Ridge (63) about her experiences as a hospice nurse. They discuss hospice versus palliative care, indigent care, and do-not-resuscitate orders. They also share memories of working in the hospice field.

One Small Step conversation partners Alexa Slonin (47) and Erica L (55) discuss faith, racism, homophobia, and working in healthcare.

Summer Ehrig (25) interviews her grandfather Jerry Lawrence (72) about his upbringing and how he feels about his family's future.