Coming to America : the story of Ajaz Siddiqi

Interview with Ajaz Siddiqi by Jessica Snowden https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/immigrantstoriesproject/files/2020/12/audio-recording-for-immigrant-interview.mp3 ReportTranscriptcitations Ajaz Siddiqi is a Pakistani American who immigrated to this country in 1984. He is the...

Chilean at Heart

Interview with Paula Escobar by Hannah Kim https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/immigrantstoriesproject/files/2020/12/audio_only-8.m4a ReportTranscript For this project chose to I interview my very close friend, Paula Escobar, who immigrated to America from...

Checking The “Other” Box

Interview with: Marcia Viney by Tashana Jackson https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/immigrantstoriesproject/files/2020/09/Tashana-Interview-Compressed.mp3 ReportTranscript Checking The Other BoxIntroduction:The American dream. These three words hold a great deal of...

Getting a Second Chance

Interview with V.G. by Amber Picado https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/immigrantstoriesproject/files/2020/12/Interview-with-VG.m4a-121320.mp3 ReportTranscript V.G. was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She lived a very simple and happy life with her parents and younger...

“Why don’t you go home where you came from?”

"Why don't you go home where you came from?" by Grace Lawler https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/immigrantstoriesproject/files/2020/12/Lawler-and-OBrien-Final.mp3 ReportTranscript          Simone O’Brien and I met while my family and I...