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December 29, 2020 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

Overcoming the Foreigner Bias

By Jessica Orlando You might know Dr. Angineh Djavadghazaryans from taking German at Oakland University or being involved in the

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September 30, 2020 Community stories / Ethnicity / Identity / Immigration

Childhood in the Mountains Before the Yugoslav War

By Adriana Ivezaj Growing up I lived in a country called Yugoslavia, in a popular tourist city named Podgorica. Our

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July 21, 2020 Community stories / Family / Healing / Immigration / Religion / Suburban

Mexican, Spanish, Super Mexican…

By Page Gardner Vanessa Rodriguez showed me around her home, pointing at different decor and specifying, “this is Mexican,” “this

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July 14, 2020 Community stories / Family / Healing / Immigration

“People Die”: Memories of War

By Nicole Morsfield Immigration is no singular experience. To some, it’s carrying baskets of clothing up and down 30 floors

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July 7, 2020 Family / Healing / Immigration

Acculturative Stress and Immigration

By Anthony Dombrowski We all have an immigrant story. Every family has a different and unique story about their history

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June 30, 2020 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

Immigration as Pretend Vacation

By Anthony Dombrowski No matter what our own individual immigrant stories are, none of us could imagine what life would

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June 23, 2020 Community stories / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Veterans

Great-Grandparents’ Stories from Mexico

By Carmen Salt Immigration stories all tend to be unique to each person’s family and personal history, with each one

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June 16, 2020 Family / Immigration

From Iraq to Jordan to the U.S., Without Family

By Elaina Joncic Ghaith Al-Musaied is a 22-year-old immigrant from Iraq. Ghaith and his family fled from Iraq to Jordan

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June 9, 2020 Community stories / Immigration

Consulting on Immigration After Trauma

By Katelyn Burnsfield Leaving your home country and starting a new life somewhere else is no easy task. Escaping trauma

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June 2, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Family / Identity / Immigration

Spanish with an Accent

By Sarah Markstrom Perla Escamilla is a Spanish Major at Oakland University (OU). She has gone through a lot in

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