I Met Up With A Young Lady Name Zeinab At Starbucks

For this paper, I have chosen to interview an acquaintance of mine who is a devote Muslim and follower of Islam. For the sake of this assignment I will be referring to him under the pseudonym of Jack. I spoke with Jack about some wide-ranging topics discussing things such as, media, bias, stereotypes, and really in general what being a follower of Islam is like in this divided country right now. In our country, today it’s pretty apparent there is a type of fear of Muslims, so much so that 7 heavy populated Muslim countries are not permitted from entering the United States of America. I never had conversations as personal as this with Jack and I feel as if I gained a lot of insight into the types of things minorities, and especially Muslims

The person I interviewed was my mom Peggy Pacheco, She was born on October 27, 1972 at St. Charles Hospital. Her Parents are Sharon Blevins (mom), and Ronald Blevins (dad), Her siblings are Julie (sister) and Bob (brother). She’s only lived in two places, Pemberville, Ohio and Bowling Green, Ohio. My mom had attended Eastwood school when she was younger. She has medium length hair, brown hair, she wears glasses, has lots of freckles and brown eyes.

“Caramel frappuccino like always please” I requested. I usually end up talking to Kimmie who works at Starbucks, she seems like a nice and outgoing person. It was hot and a cloudless day, most people

The interviewee for my project, Andres Alejo, is currently a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University. He was so excited to express his opinions for this interview, as he grew up traveling back and forth between two cultures. Due to his father’s job, he traveled between the United States and the Dominican Republic until he was in fifth grade, when his family returned to the Dominican Republic to stay. During his time in the United States, his time was divided between Mt. Vernon, New York and Miami. Andres eventually returned to the United States to study Piano Performance at Boston Conservatory. His experience with learning English was not as difficult for him, since he started learning during his formative years. He mentioned that his

When a person wants to come to the United States, they think of the American Dream. The American Dream states an opportunity of life. When coming to the United States of America from your country, usually people have difficulties in surviving of education and work. Though in “A Girl in Translation,” by Jean Kwok talks about Kim and Kim’s mother get an opportunity to live in the United States of America. Along the way, Kim and her family have struggles through life awhile living in the United States of America. Kim is entering a different world where she encounters difficulties in her life but she gets through the experiences. Overcoming these experiences that she had to go through, she had family and friends to help her on the advice

For the first time, she clearly saw what her life would have been like had her parents didn’t take the risk of leaving their home. Poverty was omnipresent, opportunity was non-existent and educated, hard working professionals were barely scraping by. Even the youth had nothing to look forward to. “Their faces all shared the same expression -- hopelessness. I would only see a small glimmer of hope in their eyes when they spoke of America, and how different their lives would be if they could live there.” says Cameron, “My parents risked everything because of hope. Hope for opportunity. Hope in the American Dream. Hope for their children. The risk they took is unparalleled to any risk I’ll ever have to face as an entrepreneur in America, and I felt so ashamed that I had allowed ignorant remarks shape my life and translate into resentment, especially towards them. The very thing that I viewed as a disadvantage growing up as a foreigner, which I let cripple me with fear and insecurity throughout my childhood and teenage years, was now my biggest blessing. My perception shifter, and it transformed into pride, a strong will, and an unrelenting ambition to succeed. My culture is unique and beautiful, and so am I, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to become anything I choose. My entrepreneurial instinct kicked into

The first question I asked her as, “What was the most difficult challenge she faced being an immigrant in America?” She replied it was difficult because she was alone at first and didn’t really get along with the family she was employed for. It was a struggle because she had to learn a new language and was taught by the family themselves. When she was in Los Angeles she took an actual class to teach her more formal English.

For the podcast, I interviewed Lina Abdulnoor, with the intention of exploring the intricacies of refugeehood by analyzing Lina’s refugee experience. Lina lived in Iraq with her family until they began receiving death threats due to their religious beliefs. Convinced that they needed to flee the country to survive, they left Iraq as refugees. After leaving Iraq, they settled in Jordan, where they waited two years until the U.N. to approve their request to move to the U.S. in 2012. Lina and her family initially settled in Virginia, where she experienced culture shock as she adapted to American culture and the English language. However, Lina did not feel accepted in Virginia; her experiences in the state led her to think that Americans treated her according to negative stereotypes of Iraqis. After living in Virginia for several months, Lina and her family chose to resettle in San Diego, California, which harbored a larger Iraqi population than Virginia did. Supported by San Diego’s Iraqi community and various refugee organizations, Lina flourished, and she currently studies at UCSD while holding a stable job.

There were numerous hardships uncovered throughout the interview, which allows one to re-examine the trials and tribulations individuals face when immigrating to a foreign country. It was difficult at points of the interview to seek clarification on sensitive topics such as employment, and the notion of otherness. Carmela often recounted issues of great misfortune in her parent’s inabilities to make enough money for all nine siblings. Listening to such emotional stories often threw my interview off track, causing for a total review of the initial question. However, such stories

The person I’m interviewing is Priscila De La Rocha. She’s seventeen years old and was born on January 9, 1998. She’s from the Valley. Ever since she was small she would move a lot like for an example Los Angeles, San Fernando, Panorama and so more. Her eye color is light brown and her favorite color is red that’s why her hair is red because it’s her favorite color. She’s outgoing, likes to party alot, really honest, and loud.

Firoozeh’s family moved to America because the company her father worked at had given him to a two-year assignment to a location in Whittier, California. The family arrived with virtually no knowledge of the country, culture, or language. Firoozeh’s mother, even though she was not a stupid person, had not been fully educated as a result of Iranian cultural differences, and she was not fully able to help Firoozeh settle in, or to properly communicate at school.

I gathered my information from Dunkin’ Donuts shop on the Third Avenue. Dunkin’ Donuts is one of the largest coffee shop chains in the world. I chose this because it is close to our house. When I first walked into the shop, I heard Chainsmokers’ Closer song. It was also a quiet place sometimes where you could just sit and relax. It is a small place with limited seats. There were only three small tables and a long table. The place is air-conditioned, so it is cold. There is also free Wi-Fi, so the customers will not get bored while they are waiting in line or drinking their coffee. There is also a Baskin-Robbins inside the store, so it is not only a coffee shop but also an ice cream shop. I wanted to interview one of the staff, but they were busy. I ended up interviewing an old woman because she was sitting with me since there were limited seats. She is 71 years old and originally from Mexico. She was 23 years old when she moved here. She is married to a Mexican too and they had three children.

The voice I have chosen to write about is of an Asian American Male, whose parents had “shipped” him to the United States to study. Johnny Nguyen was only thirteen years old when his parents informed him he was going to the United States to study in a middle school in New Jersey. Johnny knew that his parents would send him to the USA to get a better education, but he thought his parents would wait until he was ready to go to college. Johnny stated that the reason he was going to the states at a young age was that his Uncle was offered a job; thus, without informing Johnny, his parents prepared a student visa so Johnny can study and live with his Uncle. Johnny was now what he considered a parachute kid.

I interviewed a girl from the northeastern part of China who came to America to pursue her education, her name is Ruyi Shen, as you can guess there are many differences from China and America, before she came to America she lived in an apartment block with her parents but in China this is a normal occurrence considering most of the people in China live in apartments. She is an only child, because the child laws were not changed till after she was born, which now they can own two kids. She is expected to get good grades, respect her elders (grandparent, elderly people, etc.), and was to go to university from a young age. When she came to America she had to become her own person because students in China wear the same clothes as each other and

Having lived through a time of war in Iran, Satrapi might have strenuous experience trying to adjust to the culture of another country. Since she has experienced the oppression of basic human rights to speak and believe their own truths, a place where these rights are granted might be a hard thing to transition to. Satrapi’s experiences will make it harder for her to relate to the struggles of her new classmates and friends. For