Stories Close to Home: Conversations With Friends and Family

In StoryCorps style, journalism students recorded intimate interviews over Thanksgiving weekend.

Photo: Cynthia Maduka

Cynthia Maduka talks with close friend Jeffrey Rivera-Prado about the challenges of coming to the United States from Colombia.

Photo courtesy the Filenius family

Jodie Filenius talks with her dad, Mark, about the differences between living in a more populated area like Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin versus a rural area like Prentice, and how a move affected him and his family. 

Photo courtesy the Nelson family

Long time Milwaukeean Bette Kendall tells her granddaughter, Molly Nelson, about her formative years and meeting her beloved husband. 

Photo: Kaitlyn Herzog

When you pick up and leave the only place you’ve ever known, you don’t realize you can find yourself surrounded by love 10,000 miles away.