Real people. Real journeys. Real lessons told honestly so you never have to figure it out alone.
Her name is Precious. She is a licensed practical nurse from Lagos, Nigeria, who has lived and worked in the United States for fourteen years. She works days now, a hard-won shift after a decade of nights, at a rehabilitation center in the Houston Medical Center
Her name is Marisol. She is a registered nurse from Cebu City in the Philippines who has lived and worked in the United States for twenty-two years.
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Her name is Claudia. She is a registered nurse from El Salvador who has lived and worked in Houston for eleven years. She works night shifts at a community hospital in the medical center.
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Carlos arrived at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on a Tuesday afternoon in March 2019 with two suitcases, $1,400 in cash, and the phone number of a cousin he had met exactly twice.
From Broke Newcomer To Homeowner: One Migrant’s Journey Read More ยป
The number 643 is burned into my memory.
Not because it was good. It was not. But because it was the first time I had ever seen a number attached to my financial identity
How I Built My US Credit Score From Zero as an Immigrant Read More ยป
When I arrived in the United States, I had $200 in a debit card tied to a bank account back home, a suitcase, and absolutely no idea how American money worked.
