Category: Angels & Mentors

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

Recorded in Madison, WI.

Retired teacher George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ. Read more…

Recorded in Trenton, NJ.

Linda Kenney (R) Miller and her sister Diane Kenney (L) remember their grandfather, Dr. John A. Kenney, who founded the first hospital for African Americans in Newark, NJ.

Recorded in Montgomery, AL.

Jose "Pepe" Noriega , one of over 14,000 children who came to the U.S. as part of Operation Pedro Pan, speaks with Lynn Guarch Pardo about the role her father, Jorge "George" Guarch, played in the historic airlift.

Recorded in Coral Gables, FL.

Don Michaels tells his daughter Jennifer about his fifth grade teacher.

Recorded in Bellefonte, PA.

Scott Macaulay remembers how, 25 years ago, he started an annual holiday dinner for strangers who have nowhere else to go.

Recorded in Melrose, MA.

Bryan Echols (R) and his father, Lindberg (L), talk about how their relationship has changed over time.

Recorded in Chicago, IL.

Judge Berryl Anderson (L) and her mother, Virginia (R), remember what Berryl was like as a child.

Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

Robert Patterson, who has Alzheimer's disease, speaks with his wife, Karen.

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

Carlos Mosqueda tells his daughter, Cindy, about how his father healed people in their East LA home.

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.