Cultural Connections: Longing for belonging – from India to the US
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Being an outsider has been a lifelong reality for Gautam Bastian. Born in Delhi, India, to an Anglo-Indian father and Maharashtrian mother, Bastian spent much of his childhood...
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By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in the small colonial town of Cotija, Michoacán, in central Mexico, Paulina Valencia Quiroz recounts a peaceful upbringing among “houses built 500-600 years ago and...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From rural to urban – A Dominican’s migration
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Claudia Simasek has many happy memories of growing up in the rural town of San Francisco de Macoris, which is about 2.5 hours from Dominican Republic’s capital city, Santo...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From the Caribbean to the nation’s capital
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Hyattsville resident Janine Dowden is no stranger to adversity. Growing up on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Dowden suffered trauma at age 12 when she survived a car accident...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Political turmoil brought Venezuelan resident to US
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Cooking became a passion for Hyattsville resident and entrepreneur Mickey Torrealba when he was 12. Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, Torrealba loved the smells and tastes of...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Resilience, hope for Angolan resident
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in Luanda, Angola, in southwestern Africa was not always easy for Hyattsville resident Helder Almeida. “There was a lot of domestic violence in my family, so I grew...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From the Costa Rican rainforest to Hyattsville
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Mirieth Valenciano hails from San Carlos, Costa Rica, a region renowned for dairy farms: “It’s only 100 km (62 miles) from San José, but because the roads are so bad, it takes...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Iranian resident’s perspective on cultural oppression
BY JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in the busy metropolis of Tehran, Nahid Soltanzadeh lived a privileged life. “I have a liberal family, and I had a lot of freedom that many girls my age did not have....
View ArticleCultural Connections: From Reykjavík to Washington, D.C.
BY JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in Reykjavík, Iceland, Ólafur Jónasson experienced a lot of autonomy. The capital city has an estimated population of 123,000 and boasts a very low crime rate....
View ArticleCultural Connections: Community transformed Australian resident’s experience
BY JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in a small town in New South Wales, Australian resident Mandy Sheffer never expected that she would expatriate to the U.S. Born to British parents who had emigrated...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Longing for belonging – from India to the US
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Being an outsider has been a lifelong reality for Gautam Bastian. Born in Delhi, India, to an Anglo-Indian father and Maharashtrian mother, Bastian spent much of his childhood...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From Mexico to Maryland
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in the small colonial town of Cotija, Michoacán, in central Mexico, Paulina Valencia Quiroz recounts a peaceful upbringing among “houses built 500-600 years ago and...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From rural to urban – A Dominican’s migration
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Claudia Simasek has many happy memories of growing up in the rural town of San Francisco de Macoris, which is about 2.5 hours from Dominican Republic’s capital city, Santo...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From the Caribbean to the nation’s capital
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Hyattsville resident Janine Dowden is no stranger to adversity. Growing up on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Dowden suffered trauma at age 12 when she survived a car accident...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Political turmoil brought Venezuelan resident to US
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Cooking became a passion for Hyattsville resident and entrepreneur Mickey Torrealba when he was 12. Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, Torrealba loved the smells and tastes of...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Resilience, hope for Angolan resident
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in Luanda, Angola, in southwestern Africa was not always easy for Hyattsville resident Helder Almeida. “There was a lot of domestic violence in my family, so I grew...
View ArticleCultural Connections: From the Costa Rican rainforest to Hyattsville
By JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Mirieth Valenciano hails from San Carlos, Costa Rica, a region renowned for dairy farms: “It’s only 100 km (62 miles) from San José, but because the roads are so bad, it takes...
View ArticleCultural Connections: Iranian resident’s perspective on cultural oppression
BY JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in the busy metropolis of Tehran, Nahid Soltanzadeh lived a privileged life. “I have a liberal family, and I had a lot of freedom that many girls my age did not have....
View ArticleCultural Connections: From Reykjavík to Washington, D.C.
BY JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in Reykjavík, Iceland, Ólafur Jónasson experienced a lot of autonomy. The capital city has an estimated population of 123,000 and boasts a very low crime rate....
View ArticleCultural Connections: Community transformed Australian resident’s experience
BY JULIA GASPAR-BATES — Growing up in a small town in New South Wales, Australian resident Mandy Sheffer never expected that she would expatriate to the U.S. Born to British parents who had emigrated...
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