Interview of Vivian Ojo

Interview of Vivian Ojo

The interview conducted was of Vivian Ojo, a senior in 2014 at Georgetown University. Originally from Windhoek, Namibia, Vivian came to the United States to attend college. Vivian discusses her desire to pursue higher education, the ways in which her choice to attend college and immigrate to the United States were influenced by her parents, and the new opportunities that have opened up as a result of her move to America. Throughout the interview, Vivian talks about individual development, globalization, and the role that religion played (and continues to play) in her transnational identity. Stephanie Saldana (the interviewer) and Vivian worked together in 2014 as interns on the ONE Campaign, a non-profit organization that advocates to alleviate poverty and hunger in Africa.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST428N Immigrant Life Stories: An Oral History Practicum (spring 2014). This course was led by Professor Thomas A. Castillo of the History Department, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for the New America.

Center for the History of the New America

May 26, 2014

The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

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Saldana, Stephanie

Ojo, Vivian

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