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Oral history interview with Chris Ayzoukian conducted by Sankar Raman, Lindsey Keefer, and Nancy Dollahite on December 22, 2019. Ayzoukian discusses his early life in Beirut, Lebanon, during Lebanon's civil war; life in Los Angeles County, California, from 1983 to 2017; and his work as general manager of the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, Oregon.

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Oral history interview with Marcela Bonilla Morales, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy E. Dollahite, and Shea Seery on September 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Bonilla Morales discusses adjusting to life in Beaverton, Oregon, after she and her family immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in 2006, and shares her experiences as an undocumented immigrant and with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).

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Oral history interview with Lilia Boteva-Ayzoukian, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy E. Dollahite, and Lindsey Keefer on December 22, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Boteva-Ayzoukian discusses her acting career in Bulgaria, her marriage to Barkev Ayzoukian, and raising a family in Beirut during Lebanon's civil war.

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Oral history interview with Peter Magai Bul conducted by Nancy E. Dollahite and Sankar Raman on November 26, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Bul discusses his experiences as one of the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan.

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Oral history interview with Tsering D. Choephel, conducted for The Immigrant Story by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, Juniper Yarnall-Benson, and additional unidentified interviewers. The interview was conducted in three sessions from January 15 to January 27, 2020. Choephel discusses her early life in Tibet and Nepal; her arranged marriage, which brought her to Camas, Washington; and running a food truck called Tibetan Family Momo in Dallas, Texas.

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Oral history interview with Petrona Dominguez Francisco, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Hannah Kendall on March 18, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Dominguez Francisco, who came with her family to Forest Grove, Oregon, from Guatemala when she was a child, discusses her experiences as an undocumented immigrant, and her activism for immigrant rights.

Abstract Oral history interview with Elizabeth Flores, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Britany Cano-Briceno on January 20, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Flores discusses her early life in rural Mexico and her experiences adjusting to life in the United States, including learning English. She shares her experiences as a Spanish speaker in California and during her education there; discusses studying to become a doctor; and speaks about her medical clinic, HousecallMD, which makes...

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Oral history interview with Daniel Franco-Núñez, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Angelica Alarcon on June 1, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Franco-Núñez discusses his experiences as an undocumented immigrant in California and Oregon.

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Oral history interview with Hazar Jaber, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Hannah Kendall on May 29, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Jaber discusses her work with the Syrian Red Crescent Society; her immigration to the United States; and her experiences running a dental practice, Happy Kids Dentistry, in Longview, Washington.

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Oral history interview with Abdi Nazemian conducted by Sankar Raman and Nancy E. Dollahite on November 8, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Nazemian discusses his experiences as a gay Iranian American, and his career as a screenwriter and author.