Portia talks to her grandmother, Jean Barbara Roberts, about immigrating to the US from Australia in May 1958. Jean and her husband Peter planned to travel for 2 years for their honeymoon but ended up settling and starting their family in Florida.
“The experience that I’ve had gave me a perception…of borders not existing.”
Photo of New Mexico International School.
Ekaterina Tsavalyuk was born in Tynda, Russia. She shares how her search for educational opportunities online and her English language skills led her to a university in New Mexico, then Massachusetts. She now resides in Hong Kong.
“I wanted life to be kinder and to have freedom of speech.”
Photo courtesy of interviewee.
This interviewee shares what it was like growing up under the restrictions of martial law in Taiwan, which outlawed political organizing and speaking languages besides Mandarin. Martial law in Taiwan ended in 1987 and the interviewee migrated to the US in 2001.
Photo of Seth Ramos with his family, courtesy of interviewee.
Seth Ramos came to the US from Mexico when he was 16 years old for better economic opportunities. His first job was on a chicken farm, and he now owns his own roofing company.
Riley and Alex discuss the street art of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, CA, the monarch butterfly as a symbol of migration, and the role of art in preserving immigrant stories.
