Elizabeth Palmisano and Shane Manier grew up with difficult home lives and often got in trouble at school. At StoryCorps, they shared how the experience taught them compassion for the students they work with today.

Theophilus Timothy was in his mid-20s when his family moved to Charlotte in 2019. He'd grown up with mental illness, and came out as gay in high school. He asked his mother, Kathleen Timothy, what it was like from her perspective.

Caryn Little and Rachel Orn became friends and bandmates after joining a local group called "Lady Rockstars." Their all-female band, called Obsidian Femmes, now performs around Charlotte.

Arther "AJ" Johns said his life was saved by his friend and minister, Bishop Wade Ferguson, who introduced him to a healthy living program at the Fifteenth Street Church of God on East 15th Street.

Years ago, Camile Stephens lost her son to gun violence and became friends with Meko McCarthy, whose son was killed in 2011 in an encounter with a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. The women shared a conversation in the StoryCorps mobile recording booth in uptown Charlotte.