Jun 21, 2021
Antonio Morales-Pita is an inborn writer, one who despite his struggles always kept looking forward. His grit, tenacity, and desire to always learn gave him opportunities who were impossible to get for anyone in his native country, Cuba. Living in a Communism country only made him for tenacious and more courageous. His...
Jun 7, 2021
An immigrant from Bulgaria, Elena has accomplished a lot in the US. She has been in charge of all COVID-19 communication and guideline setting for the city of Chicago ensuring the right measures were set in place since 2020. She shares what that experience was like and what being an immigrant means to her.
May 10, 2021
From the Caribbean island of Dominican Republic to Chicago after spending some time in Michigan and Florida, Carla shares her experience in the US, noting similarities and differences not only between Dominican Republic and the US but also how the states she lived in were different for her.
Apr 26, 2021
Christian moved from a very small country in the Balkan Peninsula, Macedonia with a population of less than 2 million people across the ocean to New York City first and then Chicago. Although very small, Macedonia offered the cultural and linguistic diversity that helped Christian in his new journey in America. He is...
Mar 30, 2021
Naoko grew up in Japan to Korean parents but it was a little later in her teens that she learnt about her Korean origin; there were little things which made a lot of sense much later...kind of a aha moment. She had her eyes out West, in the world of Michael Jackson and out West she came early as a teenager and then...