Leaving Home: Im/migrant Interviews

In this episode, Marina interviews her grandmother, who emigrated from Serbia in the ’90s amidst the start of the Balkan Wars after the end of the Cold War. Mira left the only country she knew with two suitcases and two children and came to America to start a new life. The episode goes into more depth about how she adjusted to life in the United States but kept her culture alive through her kids, grandkids, and traditions.

The conversation explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, reflecting on the bravery, struggles, and triumphs of those who leave home and immigrate to start anew.
[This podcast is a project by 12th-grade students in Mr. Smith’s English class at Mission Vista High School in Vista Unified School District.]

In this episode, host Quinn interviews Leticia, an immigrant from Brazil.

Leticia recounts her journey to the U.S., detailing the economic hardship and political instability that forced her to leave her home. She describes the challenges of navigating the immigration system, the initial isolation she felt, and the resilience she developed while building a new life. Leticia also shares moments of hope, highlighting the kindness of strangers and the support she found from her family in Brazil.

The conversation explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, reflecting on the bravery, struggles, and triumphs of those who leave home and immigrate to start anew.

[This podcast is a project by 12th-grade students in Mr. Smith’s English class at Mission Vista High School in Vista Unified School District.]

In this episode, Jorge interviews a 14-year-old freshman here at Mission Vista High School in Spanish. She explains her life back in Mexico and how much work her parents had to put in to feed her and her four other siblings. At the same time, the oldest also worked to help out the parents. In contrast, they moved the younger ones here to the U.S. for a better education, with the hope that they would have an easier life in Mexico.

The conversation explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, reflecting on the bravery, struggles, and triumphs of those who leave home and immigrate to start anew.

[This podcast is a project by 12th-grade students in Mr. Smith’s English class at Mission Vista High School in Vista Unified School District.]

Jeff Imray is an American businessman who has lived everywhere from Japan to the Caribbean islands. He talks about what he did in the Caribbeans and what life was like moving around so much.

In this episode, we talk about William’s experience moving from Minnesota at a young age. He moved because his father was in the military. He now attends Mission Vista High school and is about to complete his senior year.

Today I am interviewing my uncle who got deported in the 2000s leaving behind a daughter and family. He will talk about his opinions on immigration and the process. Going into the process of deportation, poverty in Mexico, life of crime, and happiness.

In this episode, Jorge interviews a freshman at Mission Vista High School who isn’t as familiar with English, which is the reason the podcast is being done in Spanish.

It explains her life back in Mexico and how much work her parents had to put in to feed her and her four other siblings while the oldest also work to help out the parents while they moved the younger ones here to U.S for a better education with the hopes of the parents they have an easier life than over in Mexico.

The conversation explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, reflecting on the bravery, struggles, and triumphs of those who leave home and immigrate to start anew.

[This podcast is a project by 12th-grade students in Mr. Smith’s English class at Mission Vista High School in Vista Unified School District.]

In this episode, we dive into Camila Neibaur's early life in Colombia and how she was adopted into a family here in the 'Sunshine State' good ol' California. Camila talks about her Colombian roots and traditions that she keeps up with to this day, she also talks about her adjustments to moving to the US and how she misses her friends and sister, that are currently still living in Colombia.

In this episode, Robert inteveiws his uncle about his immigrant experience.

The conversation explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, reflecting on the bravery, struggles, and triumphs of those who leave home and immigrate to start anew.

[This podcast is a project by 12th-grade students in Mr. Smith’s English class at Mission Vista High School in Vista Unified School District.]

In this episode, host Isabella interviews Fia , a recent immigrant from Samoa

Fia recounts her journey to the U.S, detailing her hardship and growth with her family that made her have to leave home. She points how her struggles that she has as a kid when she was there and how it is so different there and from the Us. She talks about how she has a better life out here because of the struggles she had. She created a new life for herself in the U.S with her family along her side.This conversation explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, reflecting on bravery and the struggles she had to go through.