Method Due to the distance, the interview was performed over zoom, but this nonetheless enabled me to comprehend the information clearly. In order for things to go more smoothly and my mother to have some time to prepare, I told her what kinds of...

Introduction:I moved to the United States with my family when I was 9 so when I saw that there was a class about the sociology of immigration, I knew I had to take it. As a result, I found the class to be almost therapeutic as I got to learn new things about my...

IntroductionI made the conscientious decision to not reveal the name of the interviewee for a variety of reasons primarily because the subjects discussed are considered personal to my dear friend. For this reason, I have bleeped out specific names, places, or any...

IntroductionComing into this class, I had no idea what to expect as I have never really been thoroughly educated on the topic of immigration in the United States. From learning about the integration of immigrants to migration and emigration, and learning about...

IntroductionAs I was creating my schedule for this current semester, I was eager to enroll in this sociology class because of the unique topic that is immigration. As a child of an immigrant, there were qualities about my mom’s life that I thought were only...

Introduction When it came to projects about immigration my first thoughts always came to be my parents story, but I came to realize that there’s more stories to be told than the ones I’ve grown to know by heart. I guess I always choose my parents because we were a...

IntroductionHaving briefly interviewed my mom before relating to being from Norway, I knew she would be the best candidate to interview for this assignment. After I first mentioned the interview would have to be around 40 minutes, she sighed and told me that she...

Introduction:            When I enrolled in this course I was intrigued and excited to become more educated on the topic of immigration. Although I am fairly up to date with current immigration news and...

IntroductionThis interview looks at the story of Boglarka Edouard also known as Bogie who originally grew up in Budapest, Hungary. She is currently 47 years old and came over to America at the age of 18. Growing up in Hungary in the 1980’s under communist rule her...

IntroductionOn November 8, 2022, I interviewed my Restorative Justice Professor, Kajungu Mturi. We conducted the interview in person at James Madison University after my JUST 345 class. The reason I thought of and decided to interview Kajungu Mturi was because of...

Introduction:I was a bit nervous going into this interview because I had never met Mrs. Parker. She is my close friend's grandmother that had moved to America at the age of 23 after meeting and falling in love with an American while at the University of Munich in...

IntroductionI interviewed my father, Alex Larounis, on November 20, 2022. As this Immigrant Stories project was initially introduced in class, the story of my father is one that is so unique, I knew his story needed to be told. I had heard about the history of my...

Introduction When enrolling in the Sociology of Immigration course at JMU, I had no idea what to expect. I had never heard of this specific class being offered and Immigration was a topic that I definitely needed more education on. While I had my own opinions...

IntroductionWhen starting this project, I was not positive of who I should ask to be in the interview.  I was not sure I knew many immigrants myself besides my grandfather immigrated to the United States a long time ago, but he passed away before I was...

IntroductionOn November 25th, 2022, I interviewed a good friend, Vrushti Joshi. Vrushti and her mother, father, and brother immigrated from India to the United States. Vrushti was born in the city of Vadodara. In November 2005, Vrushti was three when her family...

IntroductionLéa, a 20 year old college student now living in Virginia, is originally from Toulouse, a city located in the south of France. After living the first thirteen years of her life in France, her family packed their things and headed for the United States....

IntroductionThe amount of course content that has been published and shown in this sociology class has brought a new perspective to the way I view immigration in the vast world of opportunities that can occur in the U.S. especially. I never would’ve thought that...

IntroductionThrough this interview project, my mind swirled with possibilities of who to interview, what I would ask, and what I would learn from this experience. Growing up in a fairly secluded small town, I have not been met with the opportunity to meet many...

IntroductionI conducted my interview with my mother, Mirtha Guzman. My mother was born on August 12, 1963, in Cochabamba, Bolivia. My mother grew up in a large family and she had 10 siblings. She was the 5th child out of 10 children. She grew up very close with her...

IntroductionOn December 1st, 2022, I had the opportunity to interview my long time friend, former president of my high school class, and current University of Pennsylvania student, Diego Noriega Madrazo. I’ve known Diego since he moved to the United States from...

IntroductionWhen the Immigrant Stories Project was introduced I initially was unsure of a person I would be able to interview. As I spoke to my roommate about all of the criteria involved in the project, it came to me that her father immigrated here, himself, along...

Methods and Reflexivity             On December 1st, 2022, I had the opportunity to interview Naomi Rosa. I knew Naomi prior to the interview, which helped me feel more comfortable when asking her about...

Introduction When starting this project, I was unsure of who I could interview as I do not know many immigrants myself. Though I do not know many immigrants myself, I have a lot of friends who are children of immigrants who came to the United States of...

Chasing the American DreamIntroduction:Emigrating is not an easy task. Hence why a lot of immigrants are very closed-off when talking about their journey. My mom being one of them. I chose to interview my mom because her story is incredibly inspiring to me, however...

IntroductionI didn't know what to expect when I enrolled in the Sociology of Immigration. I was excited to educate myself more on the themes and concepts of why people immigrate, why they decide to stay and many other factors. The immigrant stories projects pushed...

Introduction: For my interview project, I chose to interview Sylvia Anderson. Sylvia is my childhood best friend’s mom. She, her daughter and my best friend Natalie, and the entire family lived across the street from us for several years. I was at their house...

IntroductionI decided to interview my close friend from home, Justin Bong Williams, who was born and raised under Indonesian culture. I texted him as soon as I learned about this project, and he was more than willing to tell me his story as an immigrant who had...

When Professor Trouille first introduced this Immigrant Stories Project, my mom’s story came to mind. Growing up, I always heard stories about her and my father’s journey to America, but I never got the full picture of what exactly happened because of how traumatic...

IntroductionOn November 22nd, 2022, I interviewed my father Santiago Herrarte Hernandez. My mother is from the United States and traveled to Guatemala after college, where she met my father. I was then born in Guatemala City, however thanks to my mother I had...

IntroductionThroughout the course of the semester, we have learned the various reasons as to why people immigrate to a new country, for this class specifically we talked about immigration in the United States. A way that we could apply our knowledge and really...

MethodsOn November 25, 2022 around 3:00 PM, I sat down with Violeta Mendosa to interview her about her experience immigrating from Nicaragua to the US. The interview was done in-person in her family home located in Northern Virginia. Violeta, her daughter (who...