LA’s hottest and most iconic Persian Armenian graces the show; please welcome my study abroad bestie Selin Babakhani! 

On this episode of Let Me Be Fronk, Selin shares her family’s incredible immigration story from Tehran, Iran to their new home in Los Angeles, California in the 90s.

Faced with case delays, a hard winter, and limited resources, Selin recounts her family’s 13 month stay at a Christian-Armenian refugee camp in Madrid, Spain as they awaited U.S. citizenship— including a moving account of how her Mom offered translation to help speed up the process for 164 families in limbo. 

We also celebrate 10 beautiful years of friendship after meeting on Forum-Nexus Study Abroad back in the summer of 2014. Hear the genesis of our friendship, how we went on to work for the program and spend a handful of summers in Europe together, and the wild times had while abroad and since.

This episode is moving, nostalgic, and silly; or as Selin likes to say, ‘sexy.’ If you know her, you just know. But in short: I think you’ll enjoy— everyone always loves Selin.

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YouTube: ⁠⁠@letmebefronk⁠⁠

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Host: ⁠⁠@alyssafronk⁠⁠

Guest: ⁠⁠@selintravels