Interview with parents
February 17, 2021 App Interview

Five questions about what has been happened in your childhood.

Literacy

Kaiwen 28. I was asking him about how digital and emotional literacy has affected him.

Chinese immigration

I examined with my father’s family history and how it affected him growing up. Despite the discrimination and poverty, my father’s hard work and his relationship with God will helped him in the long run.

A Conversation with My Aunt Janice

Warning! All the Language are Chinese! Today, I came to chat with my aunt. She introduced me to her childhood and her career and answered many of my questions.

Learning English

Coming to America, one of the biggest challenges is learning the language. I ask my dad about some of those difficulties.

Ella talking to her NaiNai about her life from China to the States.
November 22, 2018 App Interview

In this interview, conducted November 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ella Liu (16) interviews her Grandmother Tina Liu (76 born in 1942). Ella asks her NaiNai about her childhood so she can recall memories from China and coming to the United...

Life of a Programmer.

Haoxiang Wu, a student from Francis Lewis High School, interviewed his father about his life, and profession. In this interview, Wengfeng Wu, his father, talked about his career as a programmer, and how he liked his job.

Inside the Life of Michelle Song
December 3, 2019 App Interview

Michelle and I covered a lot of her heritage, family memories, and her future.

A special Thanksgiving conversation

During Thanksgiving dinner this year, I interviewed an elderly from my church. We talked about her current life, immigration experiences and happy memories.

Dill and Akua

Chinese laundry living in Seattle in 1940.

COVID with Connie

A candid conversation with Connie Zhou, a local realtor speaking about her experience with COVID-19.

“English was a problem for me.”

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in College Point, New York. Helen Chen(14), interviewed her mother, Xiaofeng Yang(38), about her experiences when coming to America for the very first time. Xiaofeng Yang shares the difficulties that she had faced...

English StoryCrops Project

We talked about my mother's childhood and her relatives and parents and my great great grandparents.

Ai Choo Kong – A Life of Resiliency and Compassion

Ai Choo Kong (“Lovely Pearl”), age 84, interviewed by her daughter, Lin Min Kong (“Bright Forrest”), age 52, about her life growing up in Malaysia, including enduring the Japanese occupation, emigrating to the US, and living in rural North Carolina....

Interviewing Dad: Thanksgiving 2019

On my dad's 58th birthday, I decided to sit down with him and talk about his journey through life as someone who grew up in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, saw the Berlin Wall go down, and then immigrated to the...

: Delaney Spinney and her boss Dave Chew sit down to talk about earning a Dairy Queen.

In this interview, conducted in March of 2020 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Delaney Spinney (18) interviews her boss Dave Chew (80) about his childhood in the city where they both now work. Mr., Chew shares stories about his childhood growing up...

Interview with the Father
November 27, 2018 App Interview

Describes the early good of my fathers life and how it describes the person he is today.

From Hong Kong to San Francisco

My mother, Penny Lam DeFreitas, talks about immigrating from Hong Kong to America, and what growing up in San Francisco was like in the brand new environment she was thrown in.

Interview with Rex X. Ren PhD.

An interview about my dad’s life in China and the U.S.

The Simple Things

Michelle Dong (15) and her mother, Lily Yang, (50) discuss happiness in life due to family and simple things in New Hyde Park, New York. Ms. Yang talks about how her children brought a lot of happiness into her life,...

Steve Lu talks about the history in China in 1980s, and the wonderful memories during his teenage years.

Steve Lu recalled his teenage years and how China was like in 1980s, he talked about his feeling about Chinese government and programs that was progressing, and how the society change through out the years. Also, he shared a lot...