Welcome to episode 26 of The American Dream In The Eyes of Immigrants podcast. I am your host, Heidy De La Cruz and today’s guest is Chinedu Akunne from The Immigrant Investor Show.

His podcast is about highlighting the immigrant hustle, like pains, wins, and lessons, to help motivate those stuck along the way. It’s a monthly podcast that has been heard in over 45 countries. Chinedu and I connected on Instagram after one of my followers shared that she was on his podcast, so I asked him to be on mine!

Chinedu is from Nigeria and came to the United States when he was 17 for college. He’s a licensed pharmacist, real estate investor, short-termrental operator, and podcast host.

Right off the bat, we started talking about names and their meaning, so he gave us the meaning of this name, and he looked up the meaning of mine. So, I want to know, does your name have a specific meaning, and if you know why your parents decided on that name?

Chinedu talks about his experience with boarding school back home in Nigeria, which helped him transition to attending college in the United States because he was already used to not seeing his family often.

We talk about the culture shock he experienced was, how sensitive people are in the United States because growing up in Nigeria, people are more direct, and how the fashion back in 2005 was so different compared to back home going to a British boarding school.

I had such a great time talking to Chinedu and learning about his culture. Let me know if anything stood out to you in this episode or if you learned something new.

With Love, Heidy

P.S. Towards the end of the episode, Chinedu mentions that he writes five things he is grateful for daily; you, too, can practice gratitude with my gratitude journal, available on Amazon. And they are running a sale right now; you can purchase it for $6.02!!

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