by Andrea Tseng | Jul 1, 2022 | When I Got Here Podcast
The story of Femi Omonije, a Nigerian man who learned how to be a successful businessman—and a black man—in the U.S. He had to change his assumptions about American culture. He redefined his American dream. He achieved something far more substantial in Texas than...
by Andrea Tseng | Jun 1, 2022 | When I Got Here Podcast
This episode features a young woman journalist who fled economic hardship, social chaos, and terror in Venezuela to make a new life for herself and a new family in Texas. Now a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion executive, she has a window on some of America’s...
by Andrea Tseng | Apr 15, 2022 | When I Got Here Podcast
This is the story of Ruben and Alina Esquivel who were forced to leave Cuba when they were teenagers. 60 years ago Ruben and Alina’s early lives were shaped by two dictators Fulgencio Batista, the president of Cuba in the 1950s, and Fidel Castro. Listen as they...
by Andrea Tseng | Jan 10, 2021 | Student Stories
“After suffering through a hard life in Iraq, Baghdad, we had finally fled to America in 2009 with my husband and two children. Being a physics teacher, I taught high school although it was a very low paying job at best. The journey began when we had taken four...
by Andrea Tseng | Jan 10, 2021 | Student Stories
