Mo Freije

When my great-grandfather, Moses “Mo” Freije, came to the United States, he was 14 years old and completely alone. While his parents stayed in the small village in Lebanon where he was born, Baskinta, Mo travelled on a boat to Ellis Island in New York, eager for a...

Rashee M.

My neighbor was the immigrant that I chose to interview. He immigrated from India around the age of twenty-five. He said the first thing that he realized is the flexibility that America offers to individuals to pursue their dreams, whereas in India, it is only a small...

Augustine Rocha

My great-grandfather, Augustine Rocha, was not a complainer. Originally from Terceira, a beautiful Portuguese island in the Azores, he and his family lived in a house with dirt a floor. They had one cow, which provided both dairy and labor. My Papa recounted that the...

Gerald Elefante

In the Spring of 1968, in the beautiful city of Firenze, Toscana, Gerald Elefante, my grandfather was born. Per his father, “Boy had a smile that could light up the heavens”, a defining trait that he kept with him, for his entire life. He was as smart as he was happy,...

Teo Feliu

My name is Teo Feliu, and I was born in Barcelona, Spain on November 21st, 2001. Barcelona was where my friends, family, and my home was. Spanish was my first language. My second was German and my third was Catalan, the main language of the province in Spain that I...

Ramiro Fernandez

In February of 1991 Ramiro Fernandez immigrated from Columbia to the United States. Several of Ramiro’s family had been dying in Columbia and he felt unsafe. He made the hard decision and traveled to America for the chance at a better life. The first step was to apply...
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