Thanksgiving Interview with Abuela

Just talking about her life; growing up in Cuba before Castro rose to power, fleeing Cuba, and life in the United States.

hijacked to cuba

Grandmother was Traveling to Miami in the late 60’s. Unfortunately on your flight happened to be a Cuban immigrant who ended up hijacking the plane in order to get back to Cuba to see his family and return home. Unfortunately...

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Talking about growing up in Cuba with my mom

Interview with Ernie Mendez

This interview talks about my dads life when he moved from Cuba to the United States and how it influenced him.

From Cuba to Miami

My grandmother lived a very hard life moving from Cuba to Miami. Especially while taking care of her son in the ghettos of Puerto rico

Former Air National Guardsman Jacob Keck describes his military experience.

High school sophomore Savannah McCool and former member of the National Guard Jacob Keck discuss his time in the Air National Guard. Mr. Keck describes his deployments and his role in transporting detainees from Afghanistan to Cuba.

Interview with Barbara McDaniel

This interview was talked about my grandfather and how he got to this country. My grandmother and how she got to this country and a little bit about my mom.

The challenges I faced made me the man I am

Life is short and for that reason is why we should make the most of our lives and to face the challenges life throws at us.

90miles to Freedom

The life of Hector Toledo and his hardships on his journey to the U.S. The life of Hector Toledo after making it to the U.S.

Growing up Cuban In North Jersey

My father and I discussed the experiences we had growing up in the same home town. We focused on what being Cuban meant to us here and how it is dificult to maintain culture as imigrant families continue to exist...

New immigration Mom interview

We spoke about my moms upbringing and experience immigrating from Cuba to America.

Journey from Cuba.

In this interview, conducted on April 21st 2019 in Orange, CA, Connor tapia (21) interviews his mother, Madelin Tundidor about her childhood experiences as well as the hardships that she has faced in her life. She shared stories of her...

Early Life (Pre-Castro)

My grandfather spoke of his life born in Camagüey and moving to havana and then his life going throughout up until Castro and my grandmother did about the same.

Coming from Cuba

My mom telling her life story how she came from Cuba

My Daughter and I

I sat down and interviewed my daughter about family connections and writing.

A conversation with mami

A conversation with my mom in Spanish about her life and her feelings as a mother.

The American Dream

At the age of seven, Jesse Marino and his family came to America to seek asylum from communism in Cuba. On December 22nd in Toluca Lake, Mia Phillips sat down with her family friend, Jesse Marino(58 years old), to learn...

The life of a young Cuban girl in the 50’s

Learning about what it’s like to be in the Havana as young child during Fidel Castro’s reign and also the troubles of a teenager in Cuba.

Interviewing an elder

Me and my grandpa talked about his life during cuba and how his experience was through life.