Interview with Danielle LaSalle
Date4 November 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 46 Minutes, 27 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Danielle LaSalle. She was interviewed by Satwik Padhi on November 4, 2025 in Hartford.
Danielle LaSalle was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
During this interivew Danielle discusses leaving a religious cult in her early thirties. Danielle was part of the group for 18 years, which had a major impact on her life. She left the group because it was negatively impacting her kids. Leaving the cult was a humbling experience for Danielle and it opened her mind to new ways of thinking. Danielle believes she has an optimistic mindset and embraces asking questions. She tries to be her authentic and honest self in her life. According to Danielle, “life needs to have a lot less judgment and a lot more curiosity and excitement and hopefulness”.
Danielle LaSalle was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
During this interivew Danielle discusses leaving a religious cult in her early thirties. Danielle was part of the group for 18 years, which had a major impact on her life. She left the group because it was negatively impacting her kids. Leaving the cult was a humbling experience for Danielle and it opened her mind to new ways of thinking. Danielle believes she has an optimistic mindset and embraces asking questions. She tries to be her authentic and honest self in her life. According to Danielle, “life needs to have a lot less judgment and a lot more curiosity and excitement and hopefulness”.
Object number2024.79.73
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
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