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This interview between Julia Reyes (pseudonym) and Morgan Tweedy covers Julia’s experience immigrating from Argentina to the United States with an academic fellowship.

***This interview is restricted to the University of Maryland College Park's…

This interview between Edwin Ramirez and Jose (pseudonym) covers Jose’s experience immigrating from El Salvador to the United States in order to escape the civil war in his home country in the 1980s. Jose describes the process of his immigration…

This interview between Retu Domnic and NallathambiDomnic goes in depth on what the immigration process was like for Nallathambi Domnic and his family. Nallathambi Domnic is a 52-year-old Indian American who was born in India on September 23, 1967. He…

This is an interview with Tegest Kebede conducted by Abel Dereje. In this interview, Tegest describes living in Ethiopia as a child and her personal experiences with the Derg, the military junta that ruled the country from 1974 to 1991. Tegest also…

This interview with Anicet Nono (pseudonym) explores Anicet's immigration from Cameroon to the United States in 2012 through a Diversity Visa.

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

This interview between Gabby Cohen and Gala Meyerovich examines Gala’s journey to the United States. It focuses on her experiences before her immigration from Russia, and the differences she encountered once she arrived in Rockville, Maryland. Gala…

This interview between Adam Flesher and Gloria-Inés Acosta dives into Mrs. Acosta’s immigration experience from Barranquilla, Colombia to Baltimore, Maryland in 1978 when she was just seven years old.
This interview was conducted as part of an…

This interview between Samantha Hargis and James (pseudonym) analyzes James’ experience being a teenage immigrant to the United States from Nairobi, Kenya.
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of…

This interview between Anthony Hassan and Faizah Haddad follows the life of Faizah as she grew up as a Catholic girl in apredominantly Islamic nation of Jordan and her immigration to the United States.
This interview was conducted as part of an…

This interview between Mavishka Lankatilleke and Malindi Lankatilleke explores her twenty-year long journey as an immigrant from Sri Lanka to the United States. Malindi emphasizes how the constant changes and leaving instilled in her a “temporary…