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During this interview, I spoke with Abu to talk about his life and experiences. We spoke about his education, family life, and hardships he has faced. Abu really opened up to me and told me his inner throughts when he...

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Tom Weitz came to Priest Lake the first time on a family vacation at age 12 in 1958 with the Sayles family from Pullman. They rented cabin 28 at the Luby Bay Resort that the Hill family had recently bought....

In this Interview, I recorded my grandmother where she talked about her childhood in Cuba. She speaks about the hardships of later having to leave Cuba and go to the United States.

We talked about his life and what he thought of his life.

Husband and wife Israel Rodriguez (54) and Katia Garza (47) reflect on their time as dancers. They discuss their early lives in Cuba and Mexico, why they both first fell in love with ballet, and the highs and lows of...

Kris sees a book that reminds her of how she got her name.

Mario Núñez (63) shares a conversation with his mother, Carmen Núñez (91), and father, Philip Núñez (93), about their memories of New York City, how they first met, their marriage, their family, music, baseball, Tampa, Florida.

My lovely grandma and I spoke of accomplishments, life, love, and family. I could not be more proud to be her grand-darling. Cheers to the kindness in her heart! She grins in the Interview photo with her sibilings, her in...

This is an interview of Marie Sasser done by her Grandaughter, myself, Clara William where we discuss growing up in a small town and her life as a teacher in a much larger town.

I spoke to my paternal grandma about her early life, school, family, faith, and immigration.

My mom telling her life story how she came from Cuba

an interview from a son to mother about her cuban childhood and life

We talked about my dads life in Cuba and how he ended up coming to the United States.

Nancy shares her memory of volunteering for the library and what libraries have meant to her.

Mari Teresa Fernandez (67) and her husband, Albert R. Fernandez (71), discuss memories of growing up. Albert Fernandez describes growing up in the immigrant neighborhood of Ybor City in Tampa, Florida. Mari Fernandez describes migrating from Cuba at seven years...

Today I spoke about how my mom and her family made her new life in the United States. Her struggles, motivations, and role models who have been there for her.

John Friedrich (56) talks with his friend Bob Alpern (92) about his visit to Cuba in 1979, where he had some of the best ice cream he’s ever tasted, and one of the greatest beaches in the world (Varadero), meeting...

Richard talked about some of the lessons that he had learned over his life. He also talked about lessons that he would pass down to future generations.

My name is Melanie Riera and i’m 18 years old and i interviewed my mom Diana. We discussed early childhood and family life and what it was like to grow up and eventually escape Cuba.

Bernabe’s Life

At the age of seven, Jesse Marino and his family came to America to seek asylum from communism in Cuba. On December 22nd in Toluca Lake, Mia Phillips sat down with her family friend, Jesse Marino(58 years old), to learn...

Childhood memories and how Diane lived her life.

Michael Rust (55) interviews his mother, Olga Rust (89), about her childhood growing up in Cuba, her most notable moments as an immigrant to the U.S. during the late 1940's, and her thoughts on Fidel Castro's former regime.

Al Pola (62) connects with their One Small Step partner, Mani Mahadevan (60) over their experience as immigrants and discuss topics like cultural identity, police perceptions of the public, and racism.