Oral History Interview with Akhtar Badshah
A doctoral graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Badshah is the Director of Community Affairs for Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, Badshah was the CEO and president of Digital Partners Foundation, a Seattle-area nonprofit organization whose mission is to utilize the digital economy to benefit the poor.
Oral History Interview with Bharti Kirchner
Bharti Kirchner is the author of eight books -- four novels and four cookbooks, and has been publishing since 1992. Bharti has won two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants, and an Artist Trust GAP grant.
Oral History Interview with Lakshmi Gaur
Dr. Lakshmi Gaur was born in Jeypore, Orissa. Her family moved to Hyderabad in the mid- 1960’s and she completed much of her early schooling there. She lived with her father and sister, as well as other relatives, including her beloved grandmother who acted as a mother to her and her sister. After finishing her high school education, Dr.
Oral History Interview with Nirmala Gnanapragasam
Nirmala (Nimmy) Gnanapragasam obtained her Bachelors Degree with First Class Honors from University of Moratuwa, Srilanka in 1985. She earned her MS (1988) and PhD (1993) from Northwestern University. Dr. Gnanapragasam joined Seattle University as an Assistant Professor in 1993, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998.
Oral History Interview with Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapalwas born in Chennai, India and grew up between Indonesia, Singapore, and India. Ms. Jayapal has a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and a B.A. from Georgetown University in English and Economics.
Oral History Interview with Prasanna Manjula Samarawickrama
Prasanna Samarawickrama was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and spent most of his childhood and schooling in the region. While attending high school, Mr. Samarawickrama won a scholarship through the AFS to attend a year of high school in the United States. He spent a year then living and going to school at Roosevelt High School in Oregon.
Oral History Interview with Rao V. Remala
Rao Remala was born in T.Kothapelam, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, India. Dad was a village revenue worker and mom was housewife. Mr. Remala has four brother and two sisters. He finished his high school in a neighboring village walking 5 miles each way. He graduated with highest honors from REC Warangal College, India in 1972.
Oral History Interview with Syed Rizwan Nasar
Rizwan Nasar is in the marketing communications business and consults with various companies, including Microsoft. He also runs a production house that produces TV commercials, documentaries and short movies. Currently he is working on a new script to produce a movie later this year.
Oral History Interview with Dr. Amarjit Marwah
Oral history interview with Dr. Amarjit Marwah, campaign manager for Congressman Dalip Singh Saund and president of the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, conducted by Sharon Sekhon and Michelle Caswell on May 17, 2017.
Interview with Rais Bhuiyan
Rais Bhuiyan is an immigrant who moved to the United States from Bangladesh in 1999 for school. On September 21st, 2001, one week after the attacks on 9/11, he was shot in the face by Mark Stroman as part of a string of shootings Stroman claimed were revenge for the 9/11 attacks. Bhuiyan was the only survivor. Stroman received the death penalty and was on Death Row for eleven years.
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