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Please skip to 1:32. I interview my grandparents, Annie Kim (75) and Paul Kim (80), on their experiences immigrating to America and owning a liquor store in South Central LA during the LA Riots. My mom, Julie Kwon, is translating.

My grandmothers journey traveling to America in her 20’s and the challenges she went through.

In this interview, conducted on November 30th, 2019 in Valley Village, California, David Lee (이한빈) interviews his maternal grandmother Sang-shim Kim (김상심, ≈70), encompassing a variety of topics. She talks about her childhood, school, dream, marriage, daughter (David’s mother). She...

Erna Kochendorfer childhood memories during World War II in Oberspelach, Germany

My mom and I talk about her experience as an immigrant in the US and how it has changed her life.

An interview with my grandma, Anne Lee Lewis. She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii in the early 1900s. She was one of five sibling born to a Korean father who was a contract laborer on the early sugar plantations and...

In this interview, conducted in Lafayette, Colorado on May 18, 2019, Vithika Goyal interviews her mother, Komal, about her childhood, education, and personal history growing up in India. This interview seeks to answer the question “how are the histories we...

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2018 in Oxford, Mississippi, Addison Hunt (13) interviews her great grandmother Pebble Ewing (80) about life in the South during segregated and integrated times. Mrs. Ewing shares stories of going to segregated schools,...

Rada Oakley is a successful IT professional in NC where she lives with her husband and two young girls. Rada came to the US as an exchange student from the Ukraine and lived with Bernie and Sondra Edwards in Boone,...

I interview my friend Hsee Mu Htoo, age 22, from Thailand. We talk about his life in Thailand and how him and his family came to the United States, along with family.

I interviewed my mother about her experience immigrating to the United States. She talks about her hardships and favorite memories in middle school and college. We also discussed how she met my dad and we talked briefly about me as...

Sydney Polish talks with her mother about her life, from her childhood in the Philippines to her life now in the US. They talk about how her life was growing up and how her life experiences molded her into the...

A 70 year old reflects back on success, money, time, and family in a conversation with her son and daughter.

Talking about life as an immigrant from mexico

I interview my 94 year old grandmother about her life and family history. She moved to the U.S. in the late 1920's from Czechoslovakia and raised a family in rural Ohio.

Tony Liu (79) talks with his daughter, Tana Liu-Beers (42), about leaving China on the eve of Mao's takeover.

This is the story of my mom and what her childhood was like and how she came to the us and what she went through in her childhood to adult hood. It’s tells the life story of a immigrant from...

Fred came to the USA 43 years ago, attended San Antonio College for one year, and continued on to Texas A&M University shortly after in 1981. After working for seven years as an engineer in Texas, he lost his job...

I interviewed a friend about their immigration story. We talked about differences between the US and the Philippines.

In this interview, Elainie and her father, Simon, talk about moving to America and what it’s like. He talks about having a hard life being an immigrant moving to America with little money. He also talks about kids bullying him...

Boajorm Quaynor (19) talks with her friend Jovita Bindip (22) about her experiences as an immigrant and how those have shaped her life. They also discuss how her unique experiences are helping her deal with the challenges of social distancing.

I talked with my mom about her life as an immigrant in America and how her views and values have changed since coming here.

Uncertainty. A long journey.

I interviewed my dad on his experience of being an immigrant in U.S

In this interview, I asked my grandmother questions on her life as an immigrant in the United States. Her story to touches on her struggles and hopes thrown into a new environment