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This interview between Austin Kleber and "Monica Geller" (pseudonym) explores Monica's experience as an immigrant in the United States. She speaks about the cultural differences she had to navigate as well as the isolation and sadness that…

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This interview between Elvira Nnodimand Ana Saravia explores her experience as an immigrant from El Salvador. Ana speaks about the stark contrast of her life here in America compared to that of El Salvador. In her native country, she really couldn’t…

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In this interview, Bori Cosson describes her escape from communism. She was sixteen years old when her and her mother embarked on a two-and-a-half-month journey to flee from Hungary to America. Her story is shocking, inspiring, and surprisingly…

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This interview between Sophia Mattison and Bruno Diaz (pseudonym) explores Diaz's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Mexico.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland,…

Chak Beh
This interview chronicles the immigration progress of Chak Beh in his peregrination toward America. Chak left Malaysia in 1979 as a result of the ethnic discrimination that he faced; as a minority he was subjected to the biased laws of the ruling…

Manu Manohar
Dr. Manu Manohar discusses his education in biochemistry, comparisons and contrasts between American and Indian cultures as well as employment in USA in this comprehensive interview with his son.

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This interview between Angelina Dirina and Dysia Sobol explores Sobol's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Azerbaijan/Russia.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland,…

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This interview between William Weihnacht and Ilias Eliezer explores Ilias' experiences moving to the United States from Greece to attend the University of Maryland. Their conversation spans topics like differences in educational styles between…

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This interview between Lambert Aryee and Sebastian Luna explores Lambert's experiences migrating from Ghana to the United States as a child. Lambert discusses the cultural differences, efforts to assimilate, and his blended family structure.

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In this interview, Mark Brunner (pseudonym) discusses his experience immigrating to the United States from the Philippines.

***This interview is restricted to the University of Maryland College Park's campus. For more information, contact the…
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