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Category: Language Barrier and Learning Challenges

Adapting to the U.S.…

Mansoureh (“Mansi”) Amiri from Iran

26 Apr 20235 Nov 2023
Mansoureh (“Mansi”) Amiri was born in Tabriz, Iran near the Turkish border and grew up in Tehran, Iran. She now lives with her two sons, ages 8 and 5, in Bethesda.…
education…

Clark from China

25 Apr 202323 Oct 2023
“Clark” chose to use a pseudonym and to keep his camera off.  He was born in 1987 and is originally from a small village in Shandong province, which is located in…
Adapting to the U.S.…

Azigza (“Azi”) Hussen from Ethiopia and Sweden

19 Apr 202323 Oct 2023
Azigza (“Azi”) Hussen was born in 1989 in Asmara (then in Ethiopia, now in Eritrea) and lives with his fiancée in Montgomery, AL. He speaks Amharic, Swedish, and English.  Azi…
Community and Home…

Liat Suvorov from Israel

10 Apr 202323 Oct 2023
Liat Suvorov was born in Kibbutz Ein Dor, Israel and now lives with her husband, son, two cats, and two dogs in Myersville, Maryland.  She moved to the United States…
Hardships and Journeys…

Dr. Franklin Nouketcha from Cameroon

5 Apr 202323 Oct 2023
Dr. Franklin L. Nouketcha is originally from Bangangte, Cameroon and now lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. He moved to the United States in 2007 and was a student at MC from…
Adapting to the U.S.…

Mouna Ezzat Agha from Syria

27 Mar 202323 Oct 2023
Mouna Ezzat Agha was born in Aleppo , Syria and now lives with her husband and two children in Columbia, Maryland.  She moved to the United States in 2013. She…
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