Tag: first gen
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Immigrant Parents and Their Kids: Reconciling Generational Trauma
When my maternal grandfather was four years old, he was forced to flee on foot from his home village to a city 120 miles away. He was fleeing the advancing Imperial Japanese Army during Japan’s invasion of China in 1937. He told me of a time when he was fleeing in the middle of the… Read more
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Is Immigrating for College Worth It?
A personal story about choosing to study in EU v. USA as an international student Read more
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The Responsibility of a Passport Immigrant
Do immigrants who obtain US citizenship have a responsibility to advance immigrant rights through voting? Read more