“I just wanted to be happy and have a family of my own”

Emma Lynch(16) interviews her mom, Ella(57) about her childhood and current life. This interview was recorded on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2020 in Ella’s bedroom in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. They talk about religion, moving from the city to the...

Ava Vu and Kim Nguyen Interview between daughter and mother.
January 25, 2021 App Interview

Ava Vu: 2021-01-25 01:47:26. Kim Nguyen (48) talks with her daughter, Ava Vu (14) about her childhood in Vietnam and experiences from immigrating to America and growing up.

Sadie Bolan interviews Joe (father) about his life leading up to this point.

In this interview, conducted in November 2023 in Valparaiso, Indiana, Sadie Bolan (16) interviews her father Joseph (62) about his life— beginning at his high school career— and leading up to his life in the present. With school, he talks...

Diana Coronado and Lidia Coronado

Lidia Coronado is a woman who has encountered many difficult problems throughout her life. Growing up she never had a mother to share her life with. However in the year 2007, she got to meet her mother for the first...

Granville Hutton Jr. interview his father Granville Hutton Sr. in 1962.

Granville Sr. describes from his early memory of leaving Kansas as a boy and settling in Eastern Colorado. His family, farming as a boy and family man, the old home place, death of his two younger brothers, hauling grain to...

Failure leading to Success -Lori and Ella Eason

Lori Eason faces difficulty in her childhood but these failures lead her to become and better and more motivated person in the end.

"My mother urging me to be self sufficient left me craving attention."

A mother goes through her life reflecting on how her childhood (or the lack thereof) shaped her mindset on life. There were a lot of amazing memories and damaging mistakes made, but how we learn and grow from those should...

“It was like a big family getting back together…like a family reunion!”

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...