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Caption: Anna Paloma Williams and Luz Kenyon at their StoryCorps interview in Columbus, GA on October 30, 2021, Credit: By Sarah Padgett for StoryCorps
Luz Kenyon tells her daughter, Anna Paloma Williams, about the unexpected start of their family and how she navigated raising mixed kids in America.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:11
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Asylum seekers continue to arrive in New York City. We look at how one faith-based organization is responding to the continuing crisis in the hope ...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 24:27
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Este episodio es sobre los solicitantes de asilo en la ciudad de Nueva York. Estamos compartiendo estas narrativas personales con la esperanza de q...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 24:56
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Chhaya Chhoum came to StoryCorps with her husband Eddie Rivera to talk about how they first met and the twists and turns of their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
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La Hora Mágica has been the heart of Sunset Park’s storytime programming for a decade now, highlighting songs and stories in Spanish and English fo...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 10:56
Caption: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth at their StoryCorps interview in Austin, TX on March 13th, 2022. , Credit: StoryCorps.
Jennifer Hidrogo talks with her children about their family’s journey, and the promise she made to her neighbor.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Miguel Encinias crouched beneath a F105 aircraft in 1967., Credit: Courtesy of the Encinias family
Isabel and Juan Pablo Encinias remember their father, Lt. Col. Miguel Encinias, a Hispanic combat pilot that served in the U.S. Air Force during Wo...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:15
Caption: Max García and his grandfather, Mario, in early July., Credit: Mario García
Dr. Mario García sits down with his grandson, Maximilian, to reflect on the acting career he left behind when he immigrated from Cuba in the 1960s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Two sisters, Corina Ulloa and Brenda Ulloa Martinez, came to StoryCorps with Brenda’s daughters, Camila and Isabela Martinez, to talk about growing...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
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Since 2004, Jorge Muñoz has gathered with his family in their small kitchen in Queens, NY where they cook meals for those in need. Together, they’v...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:35
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Martha Escutia and her cousin Marina Jimenez remember their grandfather, nicknamed Papu, who came to the U.S. as a Bracero worker in the 1940s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto at his StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 2012., Credit: Anaid Reyes for StoryCorps.
In a conversation with his long-time friend, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto reminisces on his childhood in San Antonio and the lessons he learned about land,...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KZYX, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Vivian Garcia Leonard (left), Baby Liana, Marissa Ochs, and Vivian J Leonard. , Credit: Marissa Ochs.
Three generations of hospital pharmacists discuss staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and what carrying on their family legacy means to them.

Bought by WERA-LP and KVNF


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas at their StoryCorps interview in Fresno, California on April 4, 2014., Credit: Courtesy Caroline Dezan.
Maria Rivas cared for her ailing mother over the last six years of her life, but she remembers her as anything but fragile while talking to social ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Pedro Lopez (left) stands beside his mother, Consuelo Lopez (right) in May of 2011 at St. Bridget Catholic Church on the 10th anniversary of the Postville raid. Consuelo is carrying the Book of Names — a record of those arrested and detained. , Credit: Photo by Jim Slosiarek of The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Pedro Lopez remembers the day his mother was detained and deported in the largest single-site, single-day immigration raid in U.S. history.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WHRV, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Candi and Estela Reyes at their StoryCorps interview in El Paso, Texas in 2012. By Anaid Reyes for StoryCorps.
Sisters Estela and Candi Reyes remember the passing of their father, Juan Reyes.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 03:07
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Siblings Lauren Cartaya and Zach Cartaya remember how the 1999 Columbine High School shooting changed their lives forever.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:58
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Maria Rivas and her teenage daughter, Emily, talk about the possibility of Maria returning to El Salvador if she loses her status to live and work ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:33
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Irakere Picon is an immigration lawyer who often defends undocumented immigrants. He happens to be an undocumented immigrant himself. He came to St...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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John Torres Jr. talks to his friend, Abraham Guzman, about his dad’s career as a wrestler, and his legacy in and outside of the ring.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
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I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
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El abogado Hernandez explica lo que sucede en la segunda detencion/ Lawyer Hernadez explains what happend the second time your are detained.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: :30
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
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At the beginning of the Iraq War, nearly 40,000 members of the United States military were not citizens. Army Private First Class Diego Rincon was ...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Latinx identity and speaking Spanish are important to Ms. Ozuna at Fulmore Middle School, who uses her upbringing to connect with her students.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:21