Authentic Stories
“Leaving home was the hardest thing- but it made me who I am.”
““If we don't seem friendly, it doesn't mean we don't want to make friends. We are just shy because we are in a completely different environment.”
“I was really second guessing myself if I made the right choice or not.”
“I want my mom to live a better life and I want to retire her early, so she can live comfortably.”
“I would like to live in New York. That is my dream.”
“The internet is probably the thing that actually affected my life the most.”
“I won’t let being first-generation disappear from me. It is important to accept that I come from this.”
“Just knowing that I have my family, kids, husband, that’s something really joyful… I have people who got my back.”
““It’s not easy to do this without a support system.”
“The way I saw it was if I studied hard, then I can help my parents. Maybe they didn’t have to go pick mangoes anymore.”
“It’s kind of intimidating to talk about their stories, in a way, because it gets kind of serious really fast…I think that they just—they appreciate the sacrifice that they made to come over here.”
“Home is always home. Until I am home there will always be a part of me that is yearning to go home.”
“Be happy. There’s always ups and downs in every society whether you're a migrant or not.”
“I just want to develop my skills in playing the harp so I can bring them to Indonesia and share them.”
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“Reaching out to eachother would be a nice way to learn other perspectives…[we have] different culture backgrounds but [we’re all] also human.”
“I used to say to myself: you are Hispanic, and you are amazing. I am loved, I am good, I am proud of who I am and I am going to do this.”
“Strive for the best within your experiences. It takes a lot of the people back home to rally behind you and help you get where you are. Try to never take that for granted.”
“Keep calm and keep if you didn't do well in this situation, maybe pull back. Strategic retreat is not failure.”
“It’s a blessing because I'm a part of such a beautiful community that I would not trade for the world”
