Story of a lifetime

As a college student on Thanksgiving Day, I interviewed my mother to get a better understanding of her life.

Kurt Hebeisen – Switzerland to USA (everything is better with an accent)

Swiss merchant marine finding love in Cleveland, OH, getting married and settling in a new country. Becoming a US citizen. Raising a family with English as a second language

“Their Story”

an interview with a family member who was not born in America

A True American

From travel bans to building walls, immigration in the U.S. has been a hot topic of discussion in 2017. In Los Angeles, on November 26, 2017, Will Iger interviewed his family friend Cesar Vasquez. Will asked Cesar about his childhood,...

Life Undocumented

I talk to my life-long friend about life and his struggles of growing up undocumented in the U.S.

Soledad Vargas’s Story

The people in this interview is Sophia Ochoa (the interviewer) who is 15 years old, Soledad Vargas (the person getting interviewed) who is 79 years old, Rene Ochoa (translator) who is 45 years old. Sophia Ochoa is the grandchild of...

Immigration Stories Italy: Reem and Rawan

Reem and Rawan are both daughters of Arab immigrants to Italy. Even though they were both born in Milan, Italy after their parents had immigrated to the country they are not considered citizens of Italy. Reem and Rawan talk about...

An Immigrant’s Story-Loving the Place Where I Came From as Well as My Current Home

An interview between a daughter and her Colombian father telling the story of how he came to live in the US

Tara and Darren

Questions about my dad’s experience as an immigrant from Ireland, my childhood, and Sweden. Darren is from Finglas, Ireland, and moved here as a young adult. We talked about that experience and made comparisons between the US, Ireland, and Sweden,...

A Man Born in Berlin, Germany at the Cusp of World War II
November 25, 2017 App Interview

Fred Krause talks about his childhood in Germany and moving to the United States. Recorded in Temecula, California on November 19th, 2017, Mark Nickoloff discusses with Fred about his childhood and what it was like to grow up in his...

immigration interview -diverse voices in lit

i talked to my teammate about her journey to this country. She originally is from Spain and has lived in Louisiana as well

Dad interview

My father’s story about coming into the US, and life in America.

36 Years of Learning

My father talks about the experiences he's had as a Mexican-Immigrant and how they differ from the common perspective.

The life of an immigrant child

This is a talk with my aunt about her life coming to the United States

El Pasaje de mi Papá- interview with my dad

Through this interview, I was able to learn about the voyage that my dad had coming to this country. This interview is a glimpse of the life of my immigrant father becoming a citizen.

“All I want is to see my family together again”.

Claudia is a young Mexicanamerican woman who, with his husband, seeks to prove her American citizenship to resolve his immigration status.

My Dad’s Story

This interview was about the living conditions and the struggles my father was dealing with in Jamaica. In addition, he experienced how different everything was in Jamaica when he arrived to America. In conclusion, it’s about the lifestyle he was...

Immigration Stories Malta: Tatiana & Anonymous 24, "I was back & forth to Malta 12 yrs ago. Then I brought my Mother & Daughter 5 yrs ago."

Tatiana, her mother, and her daughter all immigrated to Malta from the country of Georgia 5 years ago. Tatiana has hopes of immigrating to the U.S. or Canada in the future for a new and different life than she experienced...

citizenship

My grandpas story of his journey to the U.S.