Cheryl Montgomery and Emily Feldman

[Recorded Thursday, February 9th, 2023] Cheryl (50) and Emily (62) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cheryl, originally from Culpeper, Virginia and now residing in Fluvanna County, works in clinical research coordination at UVA after working at...

Snowpack Modeling with Indigenous communities

AnnaClaire Marley is a summer intern at NASA's Ames Research Center investigating snowpack variability in the Navajo Nation. She recently graduated from UC Santa Barbera with a Master’s in Environmental Science and Management studying climate change and environmental data analysis....

"My greatest contribution is the students that come through my program." an interview with Emily Schaller

Emily Schaller, project manager at NASA's National Suborbital Research Center at Ames, discusses her Ph.D. work studying the clouds on Titan and her work as a science and education. She recalled how as a young child, she would study illustrations...

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Marsha Staley and Patti Wood

One Small Step partners Marsha Staley (70) and Patti Wood (63) have a conversation where they explore each other's life contexts. They find they both prefer to see movies in theaters, believe in trusting their community members, and have unique...

Dana Cromer and Tyler Miller

Span277: Borderless Poetics & Expression for a New Time - Conversation with my brother-in-law about family and community.

Mark C. Westberg

Mark, a 32-year-old freelance artist, musician, and actor living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, talks about being named after a friend of his parents who died of AIDS, and his experience supporting friends with HIV, dating, and as an activist.

Cheverus High School Stag Stories: John Kerry

John Kerry of John Kerry Energy Solutions is interviewed by Tyson Matthews about his childhood in Saco, Maine, his formative experiences at Cheverus High School, and his lessons learned from his parents, teachers, and colleagues.

Linda Love Mesler and Alex Wu

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Linda Love Mesler, whose family has roots in rural Iowa for hundreds of years, talks about her global childhood, from New York to Cambodia. After becoming a technology lawyer, she settled in Andover and is...

Guilford Run: UMD Chaplain

Ray ranker talks about what motivates him when it comes to community engagement

Growing Up

The stories and experiences from my dad’s childhood, including falling coconuts, thorn-guarded forts, and the awkwardness of his sister dating his best friend.

"It’s Always Sunny in Climate Science." an interview with Phil Mote

Is it a good time to be a climate scientist? Yes, says Phil Mote, Director Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. Predictions over the past 40 years are coming true and while some look at that with...

Surviving two historic Vermont floods

Patrick and Alison McHugh are a married couple, are both 43 years-old, and are both lifelong residents of Vermont. They discuss their experience surviving two historic floods - the first being hurricane Irene in 2011, and the second being the...

Interviewing my sister

I took the time to interview my sister experience as being a white daughter and with a brown mom. (May 14, 2023)

Little Bit of Hope in a Time of Despair

I interviewed my step-mother, D’Audra Cole-Hunter, about her experiences in a social media community, as a small business owner, and a believer of God in a time of hate, hopelessness, and despair.

The Extra Step

I interviewed Maggie Schaumleffel, my brothers Sunday school teacher and director of communications at my church.

Xi Hua Zhao and Alex Wu

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Xi Hua Zhao was born in China, where he lived a happy and modest life. He moved to the United States over a decade ago to help his daughter take care of his grandchild, and...

Ajita Bhat and Alex Wu

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Ajita Bhat reflects on her immigration to America in the pursuit of higher education, and how her impressions of the country has evolved. After settling in Andover, she quickly found community, and eventually became the...

Mark Lukasiewicz

Chris Cox (37) talks with Mark Lukasiewicz (29) about his life experiences and the wisdom he would like to pass on to future generations.