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We talked about her life as a refugee after the Vietnam War and how she had to travel place by place to survive. She started off in Vietnam, where her poor family had to let her go. She then left...

Farahnaz watched a movie of a woman who had a daycare and she really enjoyed it. When she was 18 she began to work for Iran’s government. She hated her life and specifically her job so in 2004, at the...

In this interview Elaine Mirzoyan talked about growing up in Russia, and how she became an American citizen.

This is Addie Alkhas’s recollection of his transition from Iran.

Laszlo Pinter talking about his life before, after, and during his immigration from the Soviet Union during a state of Socialism to America during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights discussion. He describes the struggles of moving to a...

My dad talks about his experiences and memories around the time of the Vietnam War, with having to flee the country, and eventually reaching America. He experienced hardships in America too as he had to learn the language and create...

My dad’s coming to America was not as easy as I once thought. My dad, his parents, and his grandparents all immigrated from Russia/Ukraine to Cleveland, Ohio in the year 1997 because they were exiled. I’ve never heard this story...

Nora Collins visited her aunt, Marian this Thanksgiving in Mountain Home Arkansas. In this interview conducted on November 23, 2018, they discussed Marian and her family’s immigration story to the New York City area from rural Kerry, Ireland. They also...

Basically, I interview my 50 year old father who had travelled to America from Pakistan through striving for success and excelling in academics in Pakistan attending the top Engineering school there. He gives important lessons on how one can achieve...