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Selia interviews her dad about his childhood and career. Adrian Rendon is her dad, and he has a lot to say about his first experiences, and gives advise about relationships and careers.

Carlos G. Mendoza (65) speaks to his daughter, Erika Mendoza (30), about his life and accomplishments. When Carlos was 18, he worked in the fields picking tomatoes. He later attended UC Berkeley through an affirmative action program and talks about...

In this interview, recorded on November 27th, 2015, Kaia Neal (13) interviews her grandmother, Alice Kurtz (69) about her childhood growing up in New York. She talks about growing up during the Cold War and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Plus...

That morning I wished that I could meet with the famous band and network with them. That night I was on stage singing with them! A miracle in Monterrey and in my life as an artist.

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,...

Sergio Miranda (48) y su amigo, Joel Aguirre (50) hablan sobre sus infancias en México y cuentan sus experiencias en la escuela después de reconocer que eran gay. Sergio Miranda (48) and his friend, Joel Aguirre (50) talk about their...

I interviewed my grandpa in light of turning 80 about some of his history. He talks about his time in the military, his travels, and meeting my grandmother. (Note: There are discussions of race and racial tensions in 1965.)

Family history from Mexico to Ohio in 1929. Growing up as a Mexican American in Lorain, OH

Monica Standage (38) interviews her father Jose Leal (68) about his childhood in Guatemala City, his love of golf, and the time he ran away to Mexico for three months.

Jeanne DuPont (46) talks with friend, Eve Mosher (45), about founding the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance and her work to build a community center. EM talks about her art project called "High Water Line" and their combined effort to educate about...

Spencer Strellis (80) talks to his daughter, Paisley Strellis (35) about his childhood in Chicago, and his experience moving to Guam and French Morocco. He also talks about his career as a public defense attorney, his family, his children, and...

Miriam Lara (32) interviews her mother, Mary Meloy-Lara (69), as Mary advances in the stages of Alzheimer's disease. Mary talks about her parents, how she eventually moved to Mexico, reminisces about her children when they were younger, commemorates their accomplishments,...

Abraham Goldbaum talks to his grandson, Daniel Stock, and daughter, Ruth Goldbaum, about his love of music, life as an activist and traveling with his wife, Etta. Now at 100 years of age, he continues to sing in the rock...

Evangeline Garcia (92) tells her grandson Sean Whitney (32) about her life, and what it was like growing up in Arizona and Mexico. In particular, she remembers her late mother, Angela, and late husband, Harry.

Laura Slattery (47) interviewed by Alex Lyon (28) about working for a homeless shelter and nonprofit called the Gubbio Project, growing up in Los Angeles, CA and attending Catholic school, her service in the Medical Service Corps in Hawaii, working...

Angela Caruso (38) interviews her daughters Anastasia Stinchfield (24) and Alexandra Stinchfield (25) about their earliest memories of growing up in Russia, their lives in a Russian orphanage, and what it was like for them to arrive in the U.S....

Paul Ortiz talks with fellow Student Action with Farmworkers board member, Chris Rivera, about their respective roles in the growing non-profit and hopes for its future.

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) executive director Melinda Wiggins (42) talks with her colleague Ramon Zepeda Ramos (26) about their childhoods growing up on farms in Mississippi and Jalisco, Mexico, and why they each work for social justice issues today.

Lena (64 y.o.) interviews her father, Vincent (90 y.o.) about immigrating to America.

John Daggett talks to volunteer Kathleen Blackwood about his life as a funeral director, and a little bit about his family.

Aracely Esquivel Noriega (51) habla con su hijo Jesus Gerardo Noriega Esquivel (21) sobre Mexico, sus cuatro hijos, y la vida en Colorado. (Aracely Esquivel Noriega (51) talks with her son Jesus Gerardo Noriega Esquivel (21) about Mexico, her 4...

Liduvina Rivera (83) speaks with her son, Jose Aguinaga (45) about her happy childhood, her leadership in local organizations, and her faith.

Juan Pablo Gutierrez and Linda G. Watson are friends and fellow artists. They talk about their experiences as artists in the 1980s, as well as their vivid experience in the 1986 San Francisco earthquake. Ultimately, they share how they are...