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Aunty Elsa’s immigration story.

My great grandma talks about how she used grit and perseverance through her life as a refugee from the Chinese civil war and her life when she was a child

Theresa Taken (72) talks with her daughter Emily Taken-Vertz (28) about growing up in rural Iowa, being adventurous, going to college, traveling the world, and becoming a lawyer after being a social worker in the South Bronx.

Josh Chen spent a month in Taiwan as a volunteer to help teach children the English Language.

This interview is about my Grandfather’s experience in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He goes in depth on what some of his experiences were and how it affected him.

In this interview, conducted May 2022 virtually in Corpus Christi Texas and Lowell Ohio, Caroline Wetz (15) interviews her grandmother Gitti Wetz (77) about her experiences immigrating to the US from Germany and living in different places with her husband...

Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...

Asked my dear grandma questions about her childhood, her family, how she and my grandpa met, and who's made an impact on her life. Transcript (Translated into English, some parts paraphrased): Joanne: Hi, my name is Joanne Chua. I am...

Sara Barry (39) speaks with her One Small Step conversation partner Justine Lee (33) about what shaped them as young women and what influences them today as they try to understand each other personally and politically.

Suzi Wong (65) interviews her sister, Donna Wong (61), about her experiences as a Chinese American including feelings of straddling two different cultures and cultural expectations from their parents.

Paul talking about his life through his move to the US

my uncle Howard just came back from China, and is willing to share his story.

When my mother, Alice, immigrated here as a child she didn't know how to speak English which was hard to make friends because she didn't speak their language. As my mom grew up her job has caused many bad events...

Here, I talk to my mom and dad about their experiences with their experience as Taiwanese immigrants, and how faith has woven itself into this experience. We touch on the similarities of Christian and Chinese values, as well as how...

One Small Step conversation partners Anna Morris (43) and Mont McAllister (68) have a conversation about transformations in their beliefs, how it's too easy to be anonymous in this country, and their frustration with money's unrestricted influence in politics.

This interview was with my mom. We talked about her life before she moved to the United States, her childhood, and ancestory.

Job, family and travel history

I interviewed my dad about his childhood

Marian Atkins (65) shares what she knows about her mother's life story with her daughter, Veronica Seymour (35). They discuss how she survived World War II as a child in Japan, what it was like for her to immigrate first...

Everyone Alex Head meets wonders about his British accent, it's the first thing they notice. Yet who would have thought a British born, American citizen with two kids would end up spending a large portion of his life in Asia?...

In this interview, Gwyneth Lin (15) interviews her mom Wen Yin Yu (47), who answers the questions in Mandarin. They start with questions about immigrating from Taiwan to the U.S., continue by talking about life in Taiwan, and end with...

Hannah Shaw (28) shares a conversation with her father, Allen Shaw (72), about Allen’s childhood, his family, his career, and how his perspective on life has changed over time.

I interviewed him in Hawaii because we went on a family vacation. We talked about what we’re some of his earliest memories and we also talked about how he wanted to be remembered after he passed. And lastly we talked...

Five questions about what has been happened in your childhood.

My grandfather, Thomas Ciesla, talked about his time serving in the US military during the Vietnam War. He was a lieutenant in a US naval reserve medical core on active duty 1961-1964. He spoke about serving in Vietnam, telling his...