by melineh | Jun 3, 2021 | Identity, Work, Jobs and Money
By Melina Chalkia, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 Hector Duarte unlocks the purple, wooden door to his studio — a building covered in a colorful mural, portraying a Mexican immigrant trapped...
by margaret | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question, Problems with Papers, Work, Jobs and Money
By Margaret Fleming, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 Sandeep Kumar has a hard time getting out of his head a clip of Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in Iowa. An eighth grade Indian immigrant asks Harris to speak with fellow Democratic...
by amirah | Jun 2, 2021 | Culture Shock, Identity, Work, Jobs and Money
By Amirah Ford, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 It’s the last day of school, the final closeout to the year. Amid the hugs goodbye and anticipation for break, a school head...
by yasmeen | Jun 2, 2021 | Identity, Work, Jobs and Money
By Yasmeen Altaji, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 A smiley young man is working behind the register, tending to miscellaneous knick-knacks and a mid-afternoon influx of customers, his pandemic-precautionary mask almost covering...
by benefield | Jun 2, 2021 | The Migration, Work, Jobs and Money
By Victoria Benefield, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 Ashor Younan, an Iraqi refugee, was hard at work at Scissor’s Palace, his salon in Evanston, when a new customer walked in. As Younan...
by kenagy | Jun 1, 2021 | Family, Identity, Work, Jobs and Money
By Isabelle Kenagy, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 As Socorro Castro steps out of O’Hare International Airport, she can’t help but notice the cold and gloom. The trees are dead....