Immigration Stories Italy: Osmil

Osmil is a recent immigrant to Italy from Guatanamo, Cuba having only arrived 7 months ago. Osmil is in the country on a visiting visa living with his sister in Piotello, a town on the outskirts of Milan. Osmil has...

Group Hugs

On Thanksgiving 2018, in Galloway New Jersey, Abbi interviewed her grandma. They talked about her life in Italy and her struggles coming to America. They talked about her life with Abbi's stepmom(Jen) and Jen's sister (Sylvia's daughters). She recounts fondly,...

my cool grandma

I interviewed my grandma, Lauretta (Laura) to get to know a little more about her.

Interview with Lucio Castanzo

Interviewing Lucio castanzo about his childhood and also talking about teaching. In the USA after going to Italy for three years when he was little

Immigration Stories Italy: Lamin Tamba

Lamin Tamba, who goes by Lamin, and in our interview he shares horrific details of his journey from Senegal to Libya and then ultimately pushed onto a boat into the Mediterranean Sea in complete darkness, hoping he makes it safely...

Immigration Stories Italy: Jorida

Jorida Dervishi is an idealist through and through. Jorida came from Albania to Milan 4 years ago and opened her own school for women immigrants to help them learn to speak Italian. While working with her school devoted to women...

Thanksgiving listen

Father talks about his life growing up in Italy vs. the life of kids now in America

Interview With Nonno

We had a talk about his childhood, family, and his time in the military.

Interview of Papas fathers immigration story

My grandfather answers questions about his fathers trip and life in America as an immigrant

My Interview With My Grandmother

Joe Picone sits down to interview his grandmother Maria Lacroce about her life. She was born in Italy, immigrated to the USA in 1954 and spent her childhood in South Philadelphia.

Robert Hellenga and Joseph Lennon. Hellenga, a novelist, was Lennon's English professor in the 1980s.

Robert Hellenga (78) talks with Joseph Lennon (51) about their friendship of 34 years. Hellenga taught Lennon from 1986-1990, and was his mentor. They talked about literature, pens, music, Italian food, and Knox College. Hellenga is in hospice with neuroendocrine...

Learning more about my mothers heritage

My mom talked about her family’s past and her family’s immigration to New York from Italy. She really presents a story about the “American Dream”

The Great Listen

Talked to my mother about about family in the past and what our family has become now

Eleanor Sapienza being interviewed by her granddaughter, Emily Rudolph got the Great Thanksgiving Listen 2017.

I (Emily Rudolph,16) interviewed my grandma Eleanor Sapienza (74) on November 25, 2017 in EHT, NJ. I learned a lot that I did now know about her. She shared her first memory and most recent memory. In addition, she told...

Papa ❤️

I interviewed my grandfather to find out more about life in Italy back in the 50s.

From Italy to America and Back Again

In this interview, my mother and I have spoken about her experiences and how they have been inspiring to me

Interviewing Sofia Solianyk

Taylor Myers interviewing Sofia Solianyk as freshman at the University of Detroit Mercy. Two 18 year old new friends in the Architecture program asking about international lifestyles and differences of cultures.