On December 11, I conducted an interview with one of my close friends, Fraya. I’ve known Fraya since I was in 6th grade, but we’ve become closer friends over the past couple of years. I was always aware that Fraya and her family immigrated here to the United States...

Towards the beginning of the semester when Professor Trouille first assigned the Immigrant Stories Project I immediately thought of my mom, Angelica, as a prime interviewee. She was born on November 1, 1970 in the little town of San Jose, Mindoro in the...

*names have been changed throughout this analysis and transcript “Like you know, we, we don't realize it. What we have, honestly, you go there. I bet you any money in a day you'd like oh my goodness, dude, we are. We're beyond blessed in this country”...

I conducted my interview over zoom with Alfaisal Al Churaikhi, who goes by Faisal, a shorter and easier way to pronounce his name. I met Faisal through one of my roommates at JMU, named Gabe. I visited Gabe over this Thanksgiving break, and while I was at his...

Going into this project, I felt rather intimidated by the pressure of the topic; I knew that whoever I ended up interviewing, I wanted to accurately and respectfully share their story while also celebrating it. My parents nor their parents are immigrants, so I am...

In this report I’ll be analyzing my interview with my friend David, which took place over Zoom on December 13th, 2020 around 8 p.m, while applying what I’ve learned in class about the immigration process. I have known David for about 15 years, having met him when I...

            On December 5th I had the pleasure of conducting an interview with one of my former neighbors and closest family friends, Patty Gray.  Growing up our families did a lot together.  We rented the same beach house, had family dinners and game nights, and...

On the 30th of November 2020, I interviewed Carmen Mazze on her departure, settlement and attitude toward her immigration process from Spain to America in connection to content from Sociology of Immigration class. Carmen was born in 1964 and is originally from Puertollano, an industrial city in Spain, south of Madrid. She currently works with the Government, Department of Justice and other organizations as a translator/interpreter.

“America is seen as the ultimate goal”For this project, I was able to interview Winta Rose about her and also her families collective experience immigrating to the United States. The stories of hardship, determination, hope and fear are all laced into this story...

An interview and report on the life of an immigrant from Germany.

Ajaz Siddiqi is a Pakistani American who immigrated to this country in 1984. He is the father of one of my roommates here at James Madison University, and that is how I was able to reach out to him for this interview. I have other friends whose parents are first...

  For my Immigration Stories project I got the privilege of interviewing Alex Dovganetskiy, who is my friend's father. Alex is from a small town in Russia and migrated to the U.S when he was just twelve years old. I, for one, really enjoyed interviewing with...

For this project chose to I interview my very close friend, Paula Escobar, who immigrated to America from Chile at a young age, and then back to Chile as an adult. Knowing Paula for over fourteen years, there was much about her journey that...

Checking The Other BoxIntroduction:The American dream. These three words hold a great deal of significance for many immigrants who travel to the U.S. in search for a better life. But is the American dream something that everyone is searching for? Marcia...

V.G. was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She lived a very simple and happy life with her parents and younger sister. Both her and her sister attended private school and were very family orientated and they would spend time with their grandparents every...

         Simone O’Brien and I met while my family and I were living in Ansbach, Germany from 2011-2013, as my father and her husband worked together on the local U.S. military installation. Our families became close family friends, and,...

            Immigration is constantly happening all across the world. Using the knowledge I have gained in Sociology 318, it is possible to apply the theories discussed in class to any single immigrant story. When I was assigned with...

In moving from one country to another, where the two nations differ significantly in cultural norms, there is an opportunity for a unique point of view to be formed. Personal identity and experiences are prominent factors in the formation of one's upbringing and...

I interviewed my older sister, Lyzan Rashid, who is a 26 year old Kurdish American Refugee. Lyzan came to the U.S. when she was only 2 years old. She came to America with her family in order to seek refuge from the Iraqi government, as they began to mistreat the...

The purpose of this project was to interview an individual that has had the pleasure, or under unforeseen circumstances, had the chance to immigrate to the U.S. The focus for my project was to interview somebody from an older generation and did not need to search...

Introduction:The goal of this project is to get people’s stories to be heard. Our job is the magnify the stories of individual immigrants. This particular project is about Poppy Vest. Poppy is a Mexican-American who immigrated as a very young child with his mother...

David Lambert December 13, 2020SOC 318Interview ProjectFrom Cameroon to VirginiaFor the fall semester of 2020 I decided to take a sociology of immigration class (soc 318) as a pre-requisite for a sociology major.  I was skeptical about whether I would...

This interview, being my first-ever, was recorded on November 30, 2020, at around 9pm using Zoom but was conducted face-to-face with my father at our family home in Virginia, where he has lived since 1986. Knowing that I had two foreign-born immigrant parents to...

Sharida always says, “I outshine. You could find me in any crowd in Westport.” Here, she is referring to her dark complexion compared to the typical Caucasian Connecticuter. Though she may stand out, you would not know the things Sharida has endured  just by...

Lalith did not know anything about Orlando, Florida before he received a job opportunity there, but he was willing to pick up his whole life and move to the United States to pursue that job opportunity. For my project, I interviewed Lalith, who is originally from...

“No Regrets” Kasia’s storyWithin a week, Kasia thought about leaving the only place she had ever called home, decided she wanted to leave, and left. She made the difficult, risky decision to come to the United States in search of better opportunities for her...

 In this report, I will be able to analyze and apply the content that I have obtained in this course to the real-life experience of a young immigrant in America. I was able to sit down and have an over the phone interview with a friend of mine from high...

I met Adela two summers ago through a program known as Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). We worked together in two Virginia State Parks doing various projects around the parks while leading a crew of ten high school girls. I remember discussing the Czech Republic...

 IntroductionOn December 2, 2020, I conducted an interview on Jeremy Warren Baldwin. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on February 9, 2002. As a young boy, him and his immediate family migrated over to the United States and ending up permanently settling in...

 Introduction:The purpose of our Immigrant Stories Project is to shed light on some of the stories that we don’t often get to hear. For the following Immigrant Stories Project, I interviewed my cousin’s husband, Nico Schilling. Nico has dual citizenship in...

Introduction:People migrate for various reasons, whether it be for education, jobs, economic opportunities or to seek refuge, every immigrant has their own story. In Raul Gonzalez’s case, his family was one of the main driving forces that led him to immigrate to...

Choosing to move to a new country is not something to be taken lightly. From the first set of immigrants that sailed to America, to our ancestors maneuvering through Ellis Island, it is clear that America is a sampling of the world. Being able to appropriately...

An interview with Masako Nagasaki Winters, by Jasmine Winters.