Modern Immigrant

Can you imagine the culture shock of a 16-year-old girl traveling to Canada for the first time all by herself? 

Back when Katerina migrated phones weren't a thing so communication with her family back home in Ukraine was pretty much nonexistent! Katerina shares how she was able to navigate the challenges and the culture shocks while feeling the most excited about the opportunity of living abroad! 

Katerina first moved to Canada and later she came to the USA for medical school. Today she is a wonderful ophthalmologist and we talked about her career, her immigration journey, and her identity! 

Enjoy this conversation, it was truly special and inspirational. 

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Todo el esfuerzo valdrá la pena! NUEVO EPISODIO 

Alicia emigró de Mexico a Estados Unidos hace 15 años cuando era adolescente. Poco sabia todo lo que sucedería y lo mucho que su vida iba a cambiar. 

En este episodio Alicia habla sobre los retos que ha enfrentado, la gran barrera del idioma, las discriminaciones que ha sufrido por ser Hispana, lo fuerte que puede ser el proceso de asimilación y hasta sobre una relación tóxica de la que salió fortalecida y mas apegada a sus raíces que nunca! 

Como dice Alicia, aunque muchas puertas se nos cierre, ya verán que habra una que se abre para nosotros.

No se lo pueden perder! 

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Raquel is the director of Raíz and Latinx campaigns at Planned Parenthood. A program that is in 20 states and that provides support to Latinx communities. They provide resources and information to help the community advocate and access reproductive rights and other health services. 

Raquel is also a proud immigrant from Guatemala and brings her roots to everything she does. She shares in this episode how her immigration journey has impacted the work she does in supporting Latinx communities. 

Resources shared in the episode: 

abortionfinder.Org

abortionfunds.org

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/es/rightfully-ours/basta-de-controlarnos

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How do you apply for grad school as an immigrant and what are the different visas and options that international students have in the USA? Listen now! 

Enrica moved to the USA about 5 years ago from Italy. In this week's episode, we go over the different challenges that she experienced as an international student, the options that she found to work and study in the USA (the CPT and OPT visas), and how is entering the corporate world in the USA as an immigrant. 

Enrica is giving us tips and recommendations based on her journey that if you are an international student or if you are planning to move to the USA they will be super helpful!

Thank you for listening! 

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Les ha pasado que al emigrar sus sueños y las cosas que querían en la vida, han ido cambiando? 

La historia de Andel es un recordatorio hermoso de que los sueños pueden cambiar, que ser flexible y estar abierto a nuevas posibilidades es lo más importante a la hora de emigrar. 

Andel llegó de 21 años a Nueva York desde República Dominicana tras la muerte de su mamá. Emigró con un duelo gigante y durante su inmigración también experimentó duelos relacionados con el haberse irse de su país, como el duelo de haberse ido de su tierra, de dejar atrás a su familia, pareja, amigos, su trabajo, y profesión! 

Escuchen esta entrevista hermosa, que lo que deja es esperanza y pura inspiración, de seguir adelante, de luchar por lo que amamos y de entender que YA somos suficientes. Además hablamos de su podcast maravilloso al que tuve la oportunidad y el honor de haber ido, vayan a chequear todos los episodios que tienen, aquí https://www.instagram.com/3rutaspodcast/

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Our guest of the week put together her family's cooking recipes and created the most beautiful and meaningful cookbook EVER to support her family and their immigration.

Andrea shares her immigration journey from Mexico to the USA when she was a kid. She talks about the challenges connecting with her heritage when trying to assimilate into the American culture. We discussed how her divorce impacted her immigration process and how was she able to find a solution after fearing deportation. 

We talked about the Mamacita’s Cookbook and how it came to life. With the desire to raise money to support her family and the possibility for her mom to be reunited with her grandmother after 16 years apart!! 

Listening to this beautiful story makes you cry, laugh, and feel hopeful all at once. 

Enjoy and thank you once more time for being here. 

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https://mamacitacookbook.com/

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Qué les hubiese gustado saber antes de emigrar? NUEVO Episodio! 

Creo que muchos de nosotros emigramos sin estar totalmente listos. En serio! Hay una preparación emocional que es muy importante de tomar en cuenta y tranquilos, aunque ya hayan emigrado puedes prepararte para continuar el camino. Nunca nunca es tarde. 

Tuve la mega oportunidad de conocer a la psicóloga Antares de @psicomigrante que no solo es inmigrante sino también parte de su trabajo es ayudar a otros inmigrantes a navegar su salud mental durante los procesos migratorios. 

Juntas hablamos de sus inmigraciones, de cómo fue mudarse de Chile a Italia y más recientemente a Inglaterra. De lo que le hubiese gustado saber antes de emigrar, de la culpa que todos sentimos al emigrar en algunos momentos y de qué cosas podemos hacer para prepararnos emocionalmente a la hora de emigrar!

Espero que disfruten mucho esta conversa!

Recuerden subscribirse, compartir y seguirnos por las plataformas donde nos escuchas!

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GRACIAS! 

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I virtually met our guest Kimberly thanks to a viral TikTok that reflected the experiences of an immigrant in the USA with a very powerful message of SI SE PUEDE! 

The movie Encanto and most specifically the experiences of the character Luisa, inspired Kimberly to record this video speaking about the challenges of a first gen immigrant. The pressure of being the oldest daughter in an immigrant household, being the first one to go to college, and the importance of building financial wealth to support our families! This video has approximately 2 million views and resonated with so many of us!! 

In the interview Kim shares what being an undocumented immigrant has been for her, the guilt that she has felt and how she deals with it, the pressure and concerns of being your parent's retirement plan, and how multifaceted and resilient immigrants are. 

I know that you are gonna love this episode! 

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Tiktok Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@thekimschwartz/video/7054737900860230958?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

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 Tuve el placer de conocer a Diana y nos saben lo especial y mágica que fue esta conversación!

Diana Carolina es terapeuta holística, facilitadora de círculos de mujeres y coach. Ha experimentado multiples migraciones, tanto dentro de su país Colombia como también a Argentina, y diferentes ciudades en Estados Unidos. 

En este episodio conversamos sobre la culpa que muchas veces sentimos al emigrar y compartir nuestros éxitos con los familiares que se quedaron en otro país. Hablamos de las diferentes formas en las que podemos re-nombrar y reinventar nuestro "sueño Americano" y cómo conectar con nuestras raíces y quienes realmente queremos ser!

Muchas veces nos vamos para encontrarnos. Sí o no? 

Disfruten esta entrevista! Link en bio 

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Have you ever wondered what a borderless world could look like? Well, we were able to imagine that world in this week's episode thanks to our guest of the week!

In this week's interview, Nance talks about their experience being a first-generation Ugandan/Liberian, trans/non-binary American immigrant living in the USA. 

We talked about their work as an artist, where to get their book (The Letter Formally Known as Q Voices from Minnesota's Queer Immigrant Community), and the challenges of being first gen, black, queer, and trans in today's world. 

I love that Nance reminded us of the importance of community, of finding our people, our home (away from home), and how belonging is in fact possible.

Enjoy this journey

Picture credits: 

Self portrait by Nance 

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