This recording features Ann Bellows, a longtime Miami Shores resident, reflecting on her family’s move to South Florida in 1949, her education and marriage, and her decades of professional, civic, and religious involvement in the community. Bellows discusses her association with the Miami Shores Presbyterian Church, including youth programs, church leadership, and stewardship activities, and she talks about the Miami Shores Community Church. She recounts her work as a teacher and later as a College Assistance Program advisor supporting first generation college students, and she offers observations on neighborhood life, demographic change, community institutions, and architectural development in Miami Shores. The interview provides insight into mid twentieth century residential life, religious history, education, and social change from the perspective of a long term resident. The interview was conducted by John Bachay.