- Q: How old were you when you first moved to the United States?
A: “I was 11 years old when I first moved here.”
- Q: What was your first impression/thoughts of where you had moved?
A: “Well I thought it was pretty lonely because there was snow outside and no one was outside. I felt like it as an abandoned town. There were no welcoming neighbors. It was very different from my hometown. Especially the landscape and set up of town.”
- Q: Did you often think about wanting to go back to your native homeland?
A: “Yup, all the time. My mind was literally back home; it wasn’t adjusting to the move. I constantly thought about the next time we would be visiting.
- Q: What was your hardest battle as an immigrant child?
A: “I’d have to stay culture and blending in. The language was also a struggle because I couldn’t communicate and make friends. And I couldn’t ask for help when I needed it. I felt like I was basically lone aside from my family members.”
- Q: What was the process for your family to come here?
A: “Lots of money, paper work and stress! We had to sell each and every little thing that was in our house that we owned and eventually had to sell the house. At first the government was only allowing half the family to move to the U.S. Eventually they ended up allowing everyone in the family to go.”
- Q: How different were you treated when you arrived in the U.S.?
A: “I don’t remember very well but I’m sure they gave us strange glances and were extra careful to watch our moves of everything we did. We were basically strangers that people didn’t know if they could trust since we were foreign.”
- Q: What is the most help you received throughout your journey and from who?
who was from our country and she helped us with
communicating in English and eventually she filled out paper
work for us and informed us of job openings and other
opportunities.”
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