Lesaper:
The Final Presentations
“I Promise to tell Your story”
Watch our Lesaper storytellers tell their stories in front of the survivors whose memories they carry and the survivors respond.
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LA Cohort 2
Fall 2025 in partnership with the Museum of Tolerance, LA
5 students from Los Angeles + one in Virginia, 2/3 not Jewish
7 LA-based survivors
Taylor O’Neil telling Gabriella Karin’s story
Content warning: contains a mention of attempted sexual assault.
Rowan Fripp telling the story of identical twins Monika White and Gitta Morris
Avery Epperson telling Henry Slucki’s story
Gabe Schraer telling Joe Samuels’ story
Content warning: contains mentions of sexual assault
Sonia Chiappe telling Elly Rubin’s story
Matthew Taleghani telling Eva Nathanson’s story
LA Cohort 1
Fall 2024 in partnership with Holocaust Museum LA
8 non-Jewish students from two universities in Arkansas
6 LA-based + 1 DC-based survivors
Riley Farco telling Lya Frank’s story
Libby Holden telling Eva Brettler’s story
Cooper Horton telling Eva Brettler’s story
Maddi Ruiz telling Henry Weil’s story
Sarah Dilatush telling Henry Slucki’s story
Torrie Herrington telling Gabriella Karin’s story
Emily Hand telling Harry Davids’ story
Brenna Metts telling Eva Nathanson’s story
Proof of Concept
Summer 2024 Online
One Jewish student from Maryland
One Baltimore-based survivor
Acadia Schecter telling Vera Kestenberg’s story