William Twayigize is a Hutu who miraculously survived horrific experiences as a refugee, a Tutsi prisoner, and a...
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Jose (Cuba): Cigar Entrepreneur
Jose Hernandez’s ambition to become a doctor in Cuba was thwarted. Hear how he came to the US and planted seeds that revived his grandfather’s business. Jose has grown it into a firm with international reach.
Arang: Different. Don’t Be Afraid.
Arang Cistulli came to the US from South Korea as a very young child with her family. She grew up in a small Ohio town...
Amal: Assassinated Building a Better Iraq 2004
From Hungary to Libya and Iraq
Mylinh: Resilient, Resourceful, Rejoicing
In 1979 Mylinh Luong left communist Vietnam with her father, mother, and four siblings in a crowded fishing boat. She...
Ana: A Girl from Gail
Ana Arellanos was born in Mexico and came to Texas, undocumented, when she was five. She grew up in Gail, a small town...
Big Al: The Price of Peace and Freedom
Ow-z (Aws) Al-Darkazali, known as “Big Al,” is an Iraqi dentist. At first euphoric over the ouster of Saddam Hussein,...
Alexandra: Immigrant, World Citizen
Alexandra Bacalao is an immigrant from Venezuela by way of Canada who came to the US as a schoolgirl. Now a physician...
Jabeen: Mothers, Children and Language
Jabeen, a Pakistan-born woman watched her mother, who did not know English, struggle to the point of suicide in...