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Growing Up

  • “I wasn't like other kids.”

    Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda (R) talks to his high school economics teacher, Alex Fernandez (L), about growing up poor in Chicago. Read more...

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    Recorded in Madison, WI

  • “I never have found another neighborhood like that one.”

    Alfred Zepeda (L) talks to his friend Albert Elias (R) about their childhood in Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles that was replaced by Dodger Stadium.

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    Recorded in Montebello, CA

  • “I wasn't very nice...”

    87-year-old Kay Wang tells her granddaughter, Chen, and her son, Cheng, about her childhood.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “They would allow potential parents to check you out like a library book.”

    Ray Martinez remembers growing up in an orphanage during the 1950s.

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    Recorded in Fort Collins, CO

  • “How did you feel when I was born?”

    15-year-old Mary Warm, who has Down syndrome, to her father, David.

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    Recorded in Kansas City, MO

  • “Have you ever lied to me?”

    12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger's syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “You know, when everybody's poor, nobody feels poor.”

    Manny Diaz tells his friend Blanca Vazquez about growing up in New York City, during the Depression.

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    Recorded in New York, NY