by sachin_amaresh | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonD, Tech
In the 1960s when I was born, India was still catching up with the Western world. Coming from a remote village in the outskirts of Bangalore, one of India’s most cosmopolitan cities, I knew there was a lot more to life than herding cows and growing grapes, as my...
by gavin_baker | Aug 28, 2017 | EasonD, Tech
My grandmother Hye Kyong Shelton, or as I call her: Nana, came from Korea in the year of 1969 with her Father, Mother, and Brother. She came here for education and intended to leave immediately after however, this changed when she got married to a man named Devon...
by parkerc759 | Aug 28, 2017 | Tech
1904 was the year my great, great grandmother, Bess Dolgonas, left her home in Russia and ventured on to the United States with some family members. Bess at the time was only 5, and wasn’t yet old enough to understand why the family had to leave the motherland and...
by ava_lathan | Aug 28, 2017 | Tech
Anja Philipp-Lathan was born in Aachen Germany, right on the border of Belgium and the Netherlands, and lived there until she was about twenty-four years old. She had received a two year degree in languages and business when she decided she wanted to apply for an...
by john_kesler | Aug 28, 2017 | Tech
Glyn Tompkins, a leader of a nearby scout troop, is from a small town a few miles southeast of Birmingham, England, called Warwick. After graduating college, he decided that he wanted to work in IT, so he got a job with a local IBM office. In England, he worked with...
by samantha_dietrich | Aug 28, 2017 | SeeleyC, Tech
Axel and Amanda Bergdahl My great-great grandfather, Axel Bergdahl came from Sweden sometime in the 1890s. He came from a small town called Armas Jarvi, which was in the arctic circle, about 2 miles from the Finnish border. His older brother inherited the family...