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A kiwi talks about his life from Scotland to New Zealand and his adventures in between

A story about a man and his life as an American citizen.

An Interview with a Kamer T. Kamer, born In Canada to a Turkish family, left Canada to Turkey at age 5 to 27, then decided to become an American citizen. This is her story.

For our school project we have to interview an asian immigrant. We chose Yukiko. She is a very friendly person that is a mother of a friend I know. She has a very positive outlook on life, and she has...

In this interview we talked about my mom’s past life, mistakes, and good memories. We also talked about myself and what she wants in my future.

I conducted this interview as an assignment for my History Class. It focuses on Colonial History. The person I interviewed moved to Philadelphia from India at a young age and his experiences as a current American.

My family is a family of immigrants from Kenya. Both of them had a lot of siblings and I became really interested in talking to them about what their childhoods were like and hearing stories from then. We talk about...

“Estoy libre. Tengo libertad.” Teresa (centro) habla con su colega Mariana (izquierda.) Teresa es una cuidadora de ancianos y una madre de cuatro hijos; 3 recibieron DACA, 1 recibio un título universitario y el más joven empieza universidad este año.

“When you tell someone ‘go back to your country,’ you might as well be telling them, go die.” Christara, who does not qualify for DACA, opens up about her life and the first time she came out about her undocumented...

"It would mean the world...to graduate college...show my grandmother that I accomplished something and that the separation was not for nothing." Joselyn moved to U.S.A. at 9 to live with her parents, who left Ecuador to earn enough to feed...

"[Como padres] sacrificamos estar [indocumentados] en los Estados Unidos por la educación de nuestros hijos. Quiero que mis hijos aprecien la vida en los Estados Unidos, pero espero que tambien valoren la cultura Mexicana."

Olivia Quinto, a lawyer, chats with Rutgers Law classmates Diego Iniguez-Lopez and Victor Monterrosa, Jr., about being undocumented for 20+ years and how the three classmates' personal histories transform into the political as immigrant rights’ activists.

"Estamos tomando un gran riesgo." Marco y su esposa Felicia hablan de como es criar a dos niños pequeños en un matrimonio en el cual uno de ellos es indocumentado.

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.

Kurt interviewing his grandmother (a.k.a Omie) over the Thanksgiving holidays in 2015.

Interviewing my grandmother, Elisabetta, who immigrated from Italy to America with 8 children and one on the way.

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

Sam's grandfather tells about his time in Egypt and how he got to America.

Juavita talks about her lost childhood during the Indonesian occupation, her years at an orphanage, the people who have inspired her and her desire to lead her people as a judge.

Tony speaks about his father. The interview is in Spanish.

Since that time, both Khalid and Ali have changed a lot. So these opinions are also subject to change.

Jesse Lomelí (66) and his sister Marta Lomelí (57) talk about when their family came to the United States from Mexico, the cultural difference at home and at school.

Elizabeth [Betty] Clark remembers Germany and coming to the US and becoming a citizen.

Kevin and Jennifer Trapani talk about their respective upbringings and what they mean to one another.