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Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Student, Tiffany Mims, interviews Professor Celeste Terry, Assistant Executive Director of United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc. to talk about her life, her work, her projects, and her insights about resilience, healing, and...

Today I interviewed my oldest friend Riley. I am an only child and he has become the closest thing I have to a brother, so naturally we are very close. In this interview Riley tells the story of his family...

The build up of where she met her husband and how they began creating a relationship. After this, their love story began.

Talking about family heritage and history with our Great Aunt Celia O'Malley. Our Aunt Celia was 98 years young at the time of the interview. She passed away on December 4, 2018.

Talked about the lifelong legacy for my family. We dug deeper into the situations of our family’s history.

In this interview my mom describes her trip to America from the Philippines along with different aspects of it.

Talks about Jaclyn, Ray, Brooke, Brooke, Matthew (grandchildren). in Ohio.

His grandparents stories and his aunts and uncles and a little about his childhood and most of meeting his wife.

Living as an Army family in Manila right after the Japanese surrendered

I interview my grandfather about his childhood and adulthood, since my knowledge of it was shaky at best.

Interview with my Uncle Bud

An interview with my mom about her greatest struggles, memories, and her motherhood.

Steve Russo and Leslie Russo Yates interview their Uncle Len Russo about family life in the years following his parent’s emigration to Cleveland, Ohio from Longi Sicily.

Paolo Puccini describes himself as a pilgrim and a missionary. His Catholic journey and evangelization led him to the Paulist Fathers. After several years of study and formation with the community, in September 2019, Paolo made his final promises to...

My dad lives in South Carolina; I live in Ohio. We only see each other in the summer. We talked about his childhood, time in the service, Love for the beach and his family.

My father, a professional musician, describes how he got into music when he was younger and the people who influenced him along the way.

Alex ask Leo, his father, about where he grew up and some questions about his life.

Chris Hazelton, 73, and Jessica Gribble, 46, father and daughter, talk about Chris's early life through marriage and his early teaching career.

Peyton discusses growing up across the country and around the world.

What Gloria is grateful for and her reflecting on the past.

Two high school students went to the food bank to interview the volunteer services manager to learn more about how the food bank operates and how it helps people in need. In this interview, we asked how the food bank...

From her marriages to her pets to much more, in this interview Nanny, my dad's mom, and I had a candid conversation about how her life has led up until this point. Beginning with more descriptive answers, Nanny illustrated the...

Today, I interviewed my grandmother, Natalie Nedoma. When she was only 5 years old, Natalie’s mother died which left her and her 3 siblings in the care of her ailing father. When he died at the age of 10, her...

Elmer Lavilla reminisces about his past experiences, living in Manila,Philippines in the late 80's/ early 90's.

In this interview, Jed hears about his father Jeff's upbringing and professional life in Cleveland and beyond. He shares stories of his friends, attitude, and the places he's been. Learning some things hew knew and some things he didn't, this...