Mathew Powell and Ambika Ambika Sharma

Description

Central Florida Public Media and StoryCorps are bringing together people with differing political views for guided conversations. Ambika Sharma is a 21-year-old University of Central Florida student.

“I feel like for me, a lot of my motivation in school and everything has been my parents' story,” Sharma said. “Some of them, with my aunts and uncles, it's like, these horror stories about how they got to this country. So in my head, it's like, it's my job to do the absolute best I could do, make the most out of everything.”

She sat down with 21-year-old Mathew Powell, who identifies as non-binary. Powell said they "prefer the digital world to the real world."

“Growing up, people weren't exactly the nicest to me,” Powell said. “So I kind of like, retreated into my bedroom.”

Participants

• aaboraya
  
• Mathew Powell
  
• Ambika Sharma
  

Interview By

• aaboraya