by lauren_hsu | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonE
Yee-lut Kwok was born in Hong Kong 1971. Life was rough in Hong Kong, nobody could find jobs, there wasn’t enough food, the education system was virtually nonexistent, and everyone lived in constant fear of a Chinese invasion. In 1977 her mom went to visit family in...
by jessica_zhong | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonE
His name is Ethan. He is 15 years old and lives with his mom and dad in a comfortable two-story house in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was born in the United States, took ESL, speaks perfect English and Chinese, and loves Chinese food. This is not your typical...
by obinna_modilim | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonE
My dad’s lifelong journey began in the Ifededuna Tribe of Nigeria. Raised in a two-parent home as the 5th of 12 siblings, Innocent Modilim was supported by his dad’s work as a police officer and his moms work as a small business owner. As a child, he went to 4...
by kaileyw389 | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonE
In 1996, at the age of 19, Jannika, came to the United States. She always imagined traveling the world, so leaving her home country, Finland, wasn’t scary. As a world champion synchronized figure skater, she came to the US for international competitions as early...
by erin_singleton | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonE
Persephone Hohls was thirty-five years old when she first came to the United States from South Africa. Persephone made the journey with her husband, Edmund. Edmund and Persephone came to the U.S for Edmund’s new job as a consultant in Kansas City, Missouri. Persephone...
by elenah592 | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonE
My dad, Will Huang, was born in Nantong, China. He and his family lived a simple life, but just like everyone else in China at the time, they had little freedom to choose their own paths. After my parents met, it wasn’t long before they moved to the states to gain...