Acknowledgments

We would like to express our gratitude to the following individuals and organizations for their support of our podcast:

The storytellers:

[Note: Before joining our podcast, our storytellers wrote stories that can be found here at the Your Story Our Story digital archive at the Tenement Museum]

• Jim Holley  is a yoga teacher and founder of Eagle Feather Yoga. He is the former director of the Vestal Public Library.

• Laura D'Angelo  is a newsroom editor at Business Wire.

• Goretti Mugambwa is a behavior specialist at  the Handicapped Children's Association and an immigration and refugee case manager for over ten years at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY.

• Theresa Alarcon works in Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley, NYC.

•  Phariha Rahman is an analyst for New York City Council

• Priscilla Martel is a flavor maven, chef, and food consultant living in Connecticut. She is also a successful cookbook author and recipe developer. 

• Kaylee Sanabria is an Assistant Merchant at GAP.

• Nicole Perkins  is a recent graduate of Fordham University.

• Tori Atkins  is a Supply and Packaging Buyer at Big Y World Class Market.

• Alison Wang  is a nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

• Kojo Senoo  is a photographer based in NYC and is a staff member of the Tenement Museum.

• Maximilian Kurant  is a senior at Binghamton University.

Funding and Grants from:

• Humanities New York 

• Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at Binghamton University

• Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at Binghamton University

• Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence in Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging (TAE-CRCB) at Binghamton University

Advice and Support:

• Dr. Wendy Wall 

• Dr. Barrett Brenton 

• Dr. Alexandra Moore  

• Dr. Jennifer Stoever, Associate Professor of English, and Dr. Monteith McCollum, Associate Professor of Cinema, at Binghamton University

• Amy Gay,  Senior Digital Humanities Outreach Manager,  Ithaka 

Inspiration and Collaboration:

• The American Civic Association, Binghamton, New York, is a nonprofit organization that is committed to helping immigrants and refugees start a new life in our community while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity

• Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum, New York. Your Story, Our Story is supported by funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation. Your Story, Our Story is also supported and nurtured by the thousands of generous contributors who have shared stories from all across the country.