People's District

"I have been working for the  Downtown BID  for three years. I'm always learning about this city. One of the important things to kn...

"I grew up in Annandale , Virginia. My family owns Captain White's at the Maine Avenue Fish Market . We've owned it for 38 yea...

"Right now, I work as a bike messenger to make money, so I can go to school. I've worked in construction, mail rooms, law firms, an...

“You’ll not be surprised to hear that I think that I am a good fit as the Ward One  Councilmember . Part of that fit is that I really feel t...

Carl – “My name is Carl. Some call me Kokayi. I’m a native Washingtonian who was born and raised mainly in Southwest D.C., and partially in ...

"I was living in San Francisco and I had a terrible break up. Though I love that city more than anything in the world, I felt that nudg...

" I first came to D.C. in 1961. I lived in Anacostia and worked as a summer intern for a Congressman from Reading, Pennsylvania. Back t...

"I grew up in D.C., 14th and Randolph St. Northwest. I spent most of my life in D.C. until I moved to Montgomery County and then joined...

This interview was translated from Spanish. "I came to this country in October 1988 from El Salvador. Over time, my whole family came o...

"I was born in Algeria and came here twelve years ago when I was twelve. Life here was completely different than Algeria. I lived in Vi...

"I grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. When I graduated from college, I couldn't get into graduate school and rather than be dra...

"I came to D.C. 24 years ago. I am originally from Eritrea. I own this food stand and have been in this same place for seventeen years....

"D.C. has influenced a lot of my music. The call and response, the drums, the beats, basically all of my tracks are directly impacted b...

"I was two or three when I came to D.C. from Nigeria. I remember going to elementary school in Southeast. It was a new experience. It w...

Lavaya - "I'm seven. Today, my Dad is taking us to the president's house and the Washington Monument and the library. I think a...