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Interview of Immigrant from India

The individual interviewed preferred to remain anonymous. For this reason, specific names have been removed from the text. Whenever this occurred, it has been noted. The interviewee details her childhood in India before coming to the United States…

Tags: accent, child rearing, Citizenship, community, cultural differences, culture, education, employment, family, food, Green Card, India, marriage, motherhood, South Asia, traditions, visa, Women, Women's History

Interview of Julio Cerón

This interview between Montana Monardes and Julio Cerón explores Cerón's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from El Salvador

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

Tags: Central America, Christianity, Citizenship, civil war, Communication, culture, El Salvador, employment, family, Green Card, language, Mexico, Poverty, religion, safety, Salvadoran Civil War, siblings, visa

Interview of Kachisiso Achebe

Kachisiso Achebe (pseudonym) describes the transition from Nigeria to the United States, differences in culture, the effect of the economy on immigrants and their employment, as well as education in the USA.

Tags: Africa, culture, economy, education, employment, family, food, identity, marriage, Nigeria, race, Yoruba

Interview of Mariam Hurreh

This interview of Mariam Hurreh, Somali immigrant to the United States who currently lives in Maryland and is a mother of five, focuses on various aspects of Mariam’s life and her experiences as in immigrant to the DC area. Initially it will focus on…

Tags: Africa, child rearing, Children, community, Donald Trump, employment, family, gender, gender roles, higher education, holidays, Islam, jobs, language, marriage, Middle East, religion, Saudi Arabia, school, Somalia

Interview of Mark Brunner

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…

Tags: assimilation, Catholicism, childhood, discrimination, Donald Trump, education, employment, family, food, Freedom, holidays, immigration process, language, Philippines, school, South Asia, xenophobia

Interview of Murali

This interview between Erin Durham and Murali (pseudonym) explores Murali's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Sri Lanka. This oral history documents the experiences of Murali (pseudonym), a Sri Lankan Tamil, who sought asylum in…

Tags: 9/11, Buddhism, Catholic, Catholicism, Citizenship, civil war, culture, Diversity, divorce, education, employment, family, food, friendship, higher education, propaganda, refugee, religion, Sinhalese, South Asia, sports, Sri Lanka

Interview of Nady Golestaneh

This interview between Darien Djourabtchi and Nady Golestaneh explores Golestaneh's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Iran.

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

Tags: education, employment, family, France, Freedom, Iran, politics, war, Women

Interview of Natalia Siegel

This interview entails the stories of a Ukrainian woman's immigration to America, her life in Ukraine, and describes how she persevered through the immigration system in order to be with the American man with whom she fell in love.

This interview…

Tags: Citizenship, communism, cultural differences, employment, Europe, family, Green Card, language, Soviet Union, Ukraine, visa

Interview of Nico Alvarez

This interview between Nico Alvarez and Dercem (Derc) Kaya explores Nico's experiences migrating as a child from Spain the United States. Nico discusses his experiences in school, his observations on cultural differences between Spain and the U.S.,…

Interview of Pastor Gloria Cline-Smythe

This interview between Katie Evans and Pastor Gloria Cline-Smythe explores Cline-Smythe's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Sierra Leone. Pastor Gloria Cline-Smythe talks about her life before she left Sierra Leone in 1991. She…

Tags: accent, Africa, Christianity, Citizenship, civil war, class, colonialism, cultural differences, culture, divorce, education, employment, England, family, family reunification, gender, gender roles, grandchildren, Health, language, LGBTQ, marriage, politics, race, religion, siblings, Sierra Leone, traditions, travel

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