Aliya: My Mother, My heritage

This after-school story and film workshop at the Bettye Davis East High School (2019) was led collaboratively by See Stories and Story Works, and generously funded by the Alaska Community Foundation. Students developed first person stories to create podcasts to share their cultures through each students’ unique lens.

Aliya dives into her Mother’s history, and understanding of what it means to be young and Hmong. Her Mother shares how her family’s journey of escape from Laos after the Vietnam war and coming to the US as refugees has affected her values.

Workshop Info

These films where created in an after-school course for East High School English Language Learner students. Students received professional guidance from Story Works and See Stories to create short cultural films and stories on topics ranging from boxing to cooking, and from family stories to fasting for Ramadan. This project was generously funded by the Alaska State Council on the Arts Cultural Heritage Grant, East High School, and the Anchorage School District.