Freedom & Identity: Jordan to the US 

By Abhilasha Khatri

“You can’t be a free woman in a society that doesn’t condemn that.”  

Stock image to represent interviewee. It features a young woman with dark hair wearing a white headscarf, holding a book and looking to her side, smiling.

A woman from Jordan shares how she migrated to attend college in the US, where she ended up staying long-term. She discusses the danger that women face in Jordan, and how living in the US helped her navigate her mixed Jordanian and Venezuelan identity.  

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No Voice Here: Venezuela to the US

By Stella Cunningham

“My life depends on whether the people here think I deserve it.”

Stock image to represent interviewee. It features a young man who appears stressed, sitting at a desk with papers and books with his head in his hands.

A young man shares the challenges he faced as an international student who came to the US from Venezuela for college, after seeing no future for himself in Venezuela. He shares his frustrations and fears concerning his future in the US.

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