Interview with Dr. Shazia Ali, a professor from Dallas, Texas. Ali discusses her life and career as a Pakistani-American, including her family origins, growing up in Karachi and Dubai, her education, her work for a newspaper, the slums of Karachi, meeting her husband, being married over the phone, emigrating to Dallas, employment at UT-Dallas, having children, attending Richland College, cultural effects of September 11th, getting a PhD, parenting, and navigating cultures.

Interview with Miguel Soria, Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. The interview includes Soria's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico, his first visit to the U.S., illegally crossing the border to live in Dallas, Texas, and experiences with a human smuggler, along with his experiences as an undocumented person and with discrimination. It also includes his thoughts on the DREAM act and the immigration process, and advice for future immigrants.

Interview with Douglas Chadwick, former executive director of the UNT Foundation from Dallas, Texas. Chadwick discusses his family background and education at Southern Methodist University, his career in administration, work as Director of Planned Giving at UNT, involvement with the UNT Foundation and work as executive director, building connections and financial support, changes in the Foundation through the years, thoughts on the future of the Foundation and University, and his retirement.

Interview with Francisco Gonzalez, a journalist from San Miguel, El Salvador. Gonzalez discusses his education, growing up during the civil war, having his appendix removed, his brother's involvement in the war, attending medical school, transition to law school and working as a journalist, moving to the US and attending UNT, work with the Dallas Magazine, his marriage, and revisiting El Salvador.

Interview with Julio Cesar Jo Gallent, an immigrant from Martí, Cuba. Jo discusses his family fleeing Cuba, being rescued by the Coast Guard, staying in a camp at Guanatamo Bay, arriving in Miami, education and daily life in Castro's Cuba, American education, moving to Garland, Texas, visiting Cuba, and Cuba-US relations.

Interview with Marzena Kasiazkiewicz, a immigrant to the Dallas area from Kraków, Poland. Kasiazkiewicz discusses first coming to the United States, caring for her mother, her parents, growing up in communist Poland, deciding to stay in the US, adjusting to the American workplace, moving to Texas, her partner and children, the effect of 9/11 on immigrants, learning English, working in eye-care, and John Paul II.

Transcript of an interview with Claudio Durand, an Argentinian-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas, entrepreneur, and businessman. Durand shares concerning his childhood in Buenos Aires; educational and work history; living in Puerto Rico; visits to New York; immigration process; differences between Argentina and the United States; becoming American; and his thoughts on current immigration laws.

Transcript of an interview with Thanh Kim Huynh, Vietnamese-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Huynh discusses concerning his childhood in Vietnam; memories of the Vietnam War; experiences as a helicopter pilot for the South Vietnamese Army; evacuation to Guam; transfer to the U.S.; life in America; culture shock; settlement in Dallas-Fort Worth area; immigration process as a refugee; considering America “home;” Dallas Vietnamese community. Appendix includes photos of Thanh Kim Huynh [3 pages].

Transcript of an interview with Hardy Haberman, film producer, web designer, and longtime Dallas LGBT activist, for the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Haberman discusses his childhood in Dallas, Texas; coming out; LGBT Dallas history; LGBT activism; AIDS crisis in Dallas; current work in web design and marketing; current activism; Cathedral of Hope.