Emilia Coates

Emilia Coates My subject is named Emilia Coates, my grandmother. She is now 92 years old, and lives in Los Angles, California. Her immigration story is quite interesting. Her father was born and raised in Guatemala, and immigrated into America, specifically New York....

Immigrating from Germany

Times were hard in Germany after World War I, and my Great Grandfather, John Handov was not happy with the political situations within the country. When he was in his late twenties, he decided that the right decision was to pack up is life and move to the US from...

Areb Shiraga

Father, mentor personal chauffeur are all words you could use to describe Areb Shiraga, but when he first came to the United States the word you would you use was immigrant. My father came to the United States from Ethiopia in the year of 2000. Like everybody, my...

From China to America

Currently my Grandma is retired and living in Ohio; however, she was born in China during WWII. My grandma does not remember the house she was born in as, when she was very young, her family was fleeing away from the front lines of the war around to near Yunnan...

Pamala Lloyd

50 years ago an English women from Wales came to America by ship. Her name was Pamala Lloyd. She was in love with a black man she had met while in Paris. She was 21 years old and marrying who she thought was the love of her life. She was disowned from her family and...

Constantin Zodl

Constantin Zodl Born December 10 in Vienna, Austria, Constantin Zodl immigrated to the United states in 2013. He moved from Hong Kong to Florida, but shortly moved to Cary, North Carolina, where he remains today. He came to Cary Academy when he was 13, in the eighth...
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