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Wendy (15) asks her older sister, Leslie (23) about her life after graduating university, now that she no longer lives at home with the family in Dallas, Tx and lives in Boston, Ma.

Board of Directors Storytelling Project: Our second Storycorps conversation is between SFV Board Members Steve Hayashi (78) and Jason Dare (49). Amidst many laughs, they speak about how their paths led them to SFV, hobbies which included volunteering as a...

Amelia Alice Vara (87) talks with daughter Mary Hernandez (65) and granddaughter Dawn Leal (37) about her service to her community.

This is an interview with my boyfriend about his point of view on how we met. He likes to state that this is a 'fairytale-like/hard to believe' type of story. His name is William Trochlil and has a really good...

Emma Tay and Aye Win, family friend, discuss his upbringing, revolution, and encounters with the military.

Sisters, Judy Mabe (79), Marti Helfrecht (72), and Jill Oswalt (67), remember and reminisce about the life and legacy of their father.

Walt Culbertson (85), retired aquatics coach of 40 years at John Muir High School in Pasadena, California, talks with his son Torey Culbertson (52) about learning to swim and how he got into water polo.

Spouses, David Nadri (57) and Behnaz Sadr (55), share the story of how they left their homes in Iran, moved to Turkey, and later settled in the United States due to religious persecution. They also talk about their daughter, Shadi,...

Partners Stephanie Rosario Rodriguez (31) and Nathaniel McLeroy (33) discuss their relationship, the similarities of their upbringings, the limitations of language, and how their pasts have shaped their experiences of the present.

One Small Step Conversation partners Jay Parker (55) and Pam Lehman (73) talk about growing up in a military (both Airforce) family, the can-do spirit of High Plains people, racism/segregation (not in military, but off base), how travel informs perspective,...

One Small Step conversation partners Greg Stump (62) and Mary Lynn Manns [no age given] talk about their upbringing, political values, and how people can change.

daughter interviews her mom about race relations in cincinnati, and a wonderful memory of sitting on a plane beside an african american man who remembered her dad from 40 years ago.

Tony is asking Josh about our recent Disney World and Universal Studios vacation as well as his design in the Rolling Line game at home the evening of Friday, April 22, 2022

Ruth Levenson (87) talks to her son David Taussig (60) and daughter-in-law Cecily Burke (61) about her life as a Holocaust refugee and eventually immigrating to the United States.

Susan Martin (62) interviews her mother, Lillian "Betty" Bartlett (92), and shares fond memories she has of living in a trailer in Cape Cod, Massachusetts as a child.

One Small Step partners Carl Gardner (66) and Jane Meyers (71) share memories from their upbringing, careers, and criticisms of the education and media fields.

Ed Hall and his sister Toni Baker talk about their earliest years in Mobile, Alabama. Toni talks about her education at diocesan schools--St. Peter Claver and Heart of Mary--and at Michigan State University in Lansing.

Gabriela Puszkar (15) talks with her friend, Yaretzi Pereza (15) about her childhood experiences.

Milo Bernini (16) talks with his mom, Lara Bernini (52), about random moments in his childhood.

Jose Garcia (74) talks to son Karl Garcia (46) about his life and how he became a physicist.

Tricia Nelson interviews her parents, Horace and Carol Nelson about their decision to marry and immigrate to the United States at a very young age.

Friends Vaneet Singh (43) and Queen Keskessa (51) speak about their journeys to the United States, their first impressions of each other, and Vaneet’s Sikh faith.

Phyllis Hoover (69) talks with daughter, Ellen Riggle (48), about her grandmother.

Nadine (Nai’a) Newlight (66) talks with facilitator Eloise Melzer (30) about growing up in New York City, September 11, and her mentors in life.

One Small Step conversation partners, Larry Hahn (81) and Wayne Haines [no age given], talk about their experiences growing up on farms in the Midwest, growing up in Republican households, and their unease the modern Republican Party.