People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol "When the Dreamer stuff passed it was a like an answered prayer…"

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol Roten. Marisol, a Mother of 3, and I have a conversation about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley. The experience of growing up without her biological father, having...

Paul Tyler & Judy Higgins

A conversation between Paul Tyler and Judy Higgins. This conversation was recorded at the school on May 8th, 2017. Go to www.oldtownschool.org/StoryCorps to hear selected excerpts from interviews collected as part of the StoryCorps-Old Town School partnership.

"I have always felt at home wherever I go."

Aileen and Alison talk about growing up on a farm, moving to Richmond, teaching at RHS, and her retired life as a community volunteer.

Grant Erickson, Beverly Brook, Christy Hightower, , and

Grant Erickson, who had his 95th birthday ten days before telling this story, talks with Beverly Brook and Christy Hightower about the highlights of his life. He was one of eleven children, and grew up on a series of farms...

Amma Aboagye and Collingwise Osei-Aboagye

Collinwise Osei-Aboagye talks to his daughter, Amma Aboagye , about his childhood in Ghana, immigrating to the United States, his initial interactions with African Americans as a Ghanaian, and his connection with Ghanaian culture after living in the United States...

Sharon Strus: Selfless Mother, Former Catholic Nun, & Polka Accordion Star. The story of a life of humble choices & great outcomes.

Sharon's storied life starts in Michigan, shipping off to the convent at age 13, finding herself in her 20s, then marrying a Polish bus driver in her 30s, and starting a new life chapter. Gain the wisdom of a woman...

Asian in Urban Education: High School Teachers Talk Race

Takeru and Esther are young Asian-American high school teachers in the south coast of Massachusetts. They teach next to each other in a community whose diverse population is not reflective of their racial or ethnic background. As they end their...

High school senior Christara speaks to her teacher Jae about her struggle to pay for college and why she cannot return to Haiti.

“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...

Joselyn, 18, speaks to her boyfriend, Luis, 19, about the difficulties of college as an undocumented student.

"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...

Eric Yoder interviews Marjorie Comer about her family's German immigration and her childhood in California.
November 28, 2015 App Interview

Eric Yoder interviews Marjorie Comer about her family's German immigration and her childhood in California.

My mom, lasagna, and our family history

The story of how my mother's garnishes came to America, how her parents met, her life growing up in Mt. Lebanon, at Penn State and marrying my dad.

Interview with Dorothy Gronlund

Dorothy, a professional singer, choir conductor and voice teacher recounts her early musical experiences and life's journey.

Don't drink and drive

Adam cherishes his grandparents in China. He mourns a friend who died in a car accident and celebrates another who survived.