by kaelac040 | Aug 29, 2017 | CaccuittoB
During the Civil Rights Era, there was a huge influx of immigrants from Caribbean countries. My grandma, Dorothy was one of them. In 1967, she moved to Manhattan, New York from Jamaica and then in 1968 she moved from Manhattan to the Bronx where she found a vibrant...
by taylor_weber | Aug 28, 2017 | CaccuittoB
Elly is a 15-year-old girl who moved to America from a city in South Korea near the City of Seoul. ” It is completely different from Raleigh, there were not many trees but rather many buildings and heavy traffic,” says Elly. She also stated that she finds...
by shonb897 | Aug 28, 2017 | CaccuittoB
“I like him,” she said to her mother after just meeting him, “Of the four boys we have met with, Sayam is the one that I think is a good match, but I am not sure if I am ready to face the struggles of going abroad and starting from scratch.” “Nutan, it is only six...
by david_go | Aug 28, 2017 | CaccuittoB
This is the story of my mother’s ancestors, beginning with the Osipovs in the 1880s. The three Osipovs were mother Bella and children Sarah and Alter. They lived in the Ukraine. They heard rumors that Alter would be conscripted into the Russian Army. As Jews, they...
by cindy_li | Aug 28, 2017 | CaccuittoB
My mom comes from China. She’s got a simple story, but none the less important. Before she came to America, my mom grew up poor, with her parents and two sisters. And while they supported each other, they needed to work hard and get a good education to able to set...
by adithi_sundaram | Aug 28, 2017 | CaccuittoB
My dad still remembers that November day, 22 years ago, in Bombay, India. It was the day that he got his visa to come to the US for graduate school. His parents, until then, had not even fathomed leaving their hometown, let alone the country. As he and his dad...
