Download or read book American Immigrant written by Rosalie Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in twenty-first-century America. In forty years, the American population has doubled from 150 to 300 million, about half of the increase due to immigration. Discussions involving legal and illegal status, assimilation or separatism, and language unity or multilingualism continue to spark debate. The battle to give five million immigrant children America's common language, English, and to help these students join their English-speaking classmates in opportunities for self-fulfillment continues to be argued. American Immigrant is part memoir and part account of Rosalie Pedalino Porter's professional activities as a national authority on immigrant education and bilingualism.Her career began in the 1970s, when she entered the most controversial arena in public education, bilingualism. This book chronicles the political movement Porter helped lead, one that succeeded in changing state laws in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts. Programs that had segregated Latino children by language and ethnicity for years, diminishing their educational opportunities, were removed with overwhelming public support. New English-language programs in these states are reporting improved academic achievement for these students.This book is also Porter's testament to the boundless opportunities for women in the United States, and to the unique blending of ethnicities and religions and races into harmonious families, her own included, that continues to be a true strength of the United States Porter examines women's roles, beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the millennium, from the vantage point of someone who grew up in a working-class, male-dominated family. She explores the emotional price exacted by dislocation from one's native land and traditions; traveling and living in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia; and the evolving character of marriage and family in twenty-first-century America.

Download or read book My Life As An Immigrant written by Nancy Allen and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrants Sailed From Faraway Lands To Come To America For Opportunity. This Book Includes Their Experiences At Ellis Island, The Struggles Of Finding Employment, And Learning A New Language In A Strange, New World.

Download or read book My Life as an Immigrant written by Nancy Allen and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrants Sailed From Faraway Lands To Come To America For Opportunity. This Book Includes Their Experiences At Ellis Island, The Struggles Of Finding Employment, And Learning A New Language In A Strange, New World.

Download or read book I Begin My Life All Over written by Lillian Faderman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999-04-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Begin My Life All Over is an oral history of 36 real-life strangers in a strange land, an intimate study of the immigrant experience in contemporary America.

Download or read book My Life as an Immigrant written by Pebbles Frederick and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for jobs to survive without a green card and trying to nd help as an immigrant. Then desperation comes in when you meet the wrong guy thinking he is going to help you. Watching someone run away with your money when you thought they are helping you le for you proper documents. Having to get arrested by the FBI and sleeping in a jail cell was a nightmare, then comes this tall handsome man into my life and offered to be my husband best man.

Download or read book American Immigrant written by Rosalie Pedalino Porter and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Generations of immigrants bring their rich cultures to America. Rosalie Porter is one of those millions, but she is also one in a million. Read American Immigrant to understand why we value those who come here to improve their lives and ours."---Senator Stan Rosenberg, President Pro Tempore, Massachusetts State Senate "Porter is a national treasure---a bilingual teacher who had the guts to take on the politically correct educational establishment."---John J. Miller, National Review, Author of The Unmaking of Americans "Rosalie Porter is a fascinating character. Her life story reflects the most basic American ethic---the individual's freedom to work, serve, and achieve."---Lincoln Tamayo, Massachusetts English for the Children Campaign 2002 Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in twenty-first-century America. In forty years, the American population has doubled from 150 to 300 million, about half of the increase due to immigration. Discussions involving legal and illegal status, assimilation or separatism, and language unity or multilingualism continue to spark debate. American Immigrant is part memoir and part account of Rosalie Pedalino Porter's professional activities as a national authority on immigrant education and bilingualism. Her career began in the 1970s, when she entered the most controversial arena in public education, bilingualism. This book is also Porter's testament to the boundless opportunities for women in the United States, and to the unique blending of ethnicities and religions and races into harmonious families, her own included, that continues to be a true strength of the United States. She explores the emotional price exacted by dislocation from one's native land and traditions; traveling and living in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia; and the evolving character of marriage and family in twenty-first-century America.

Download or read book Life of an Immigrant written by C-Ray Stanziola and published by Brezahbri Books. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the quest of C-Ray Stanziola who survived for 21 years as an undocumented immigrant in the United States of America.

Download or read book American Immigrant written by Rosalie Pedalino Porter and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in twenty-first-century America. In forty years, the American population has doubled from 150 to 300 million, about half of the increase due to immigration. Discussions involving legal and illegal status, assimilation or separatism, and language unity or multilingualism continue to spark debate. The battle to give five million immigrant children America's common language, English, and to help these students join their English-speaking classmates in opportunities for self-fulfillment continues to be argued. American Immigrant is part memoir and part account of Rosalie Pedalino Porter's professional activities as a national authority on immigrant education and bilingualism.Her career began in the 1970s, when she entered the most controversial arena in public education, bilingualism. This book chronicles the political movement Porter helped lead, one that succeeded in changing state laws in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts. Programs that had segregated Latino children by language and ethnicity for years, diminishing their educational opportunities, were removed with overwhelming public support. New English-language programs in these states are reporting improved academic achievement for these students.This book is also Porter's testament to the boundless opportunities for women in the United States, and to the unique blending of ethnicities and religions and races into harmonious families, her own included, that continues to be a true strength of the United States Porter examines women's roles, beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the millennium, from the vantage point of someone who grew up in a working-class, male-dominated family. She explores the emotional price exacted by dislocation from one's native land and traditions; traveling and living in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia; and the evolving character of marriage and family in twenty-first-century America."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book From My Lips to Your Ears written by Modupe Edeoga and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are preparing to come to the United States. You have never been to the United States before. You have no idea what to expect. All you know is what you have heard from people who might or might not have been to the States, what you have heard in the media, or what you have seen in movies. You are excited, anxious, and/or overwhelmed. America is the land of opportunities; you are certain about that. , But you do not know how you will transition into the country and understand the culture. You recently moved to the United States and are still not sure what you need to do to settle into the community. You are beginning to see that there are things you would like to understand or learn that will ease your transition. You have a family member or friend that is coming to the United States for the first time. They are excited. They have great expectations. You would love to help them understand the different aspects of the culture and what to expect. You are staff in the international students office of a university. You want to help your new students settle in. There are some things you know how to do to help them. There are other things you have no idea how to relate to and cannot help with. You are an educationUSA advisor. You help students that are going to study in the United States. After helping them prepare for their tests and gaining admissions, they are ready to travel. They have lots of questions. You want a resource that will help them prepare for their trip and their life in the United States. My name is Modupe Edeoga. I reside in Chicago with my husband, Ndubuisi, and three children. Twelve years ago I came to the United States from Nigeria, and was in the same boat as many of you reading this book. I was excited at the opportunity to go to the United States. I didnt know much about the United States other than anecdotes I had heard. I earned my Masters in Public Administration here, and will be graduating with my doctorate degree in Organizational Psychology in September. I have worked in the United States in the educational sector, public sector and the non profit sector. I have mentored a number of international students. Based on my experience, I have written this book to help make navigating your life in the United States easier.

Download or read book My Immigrant Shoes written by Marcus Wright and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Immigrant Shoes: Life with Questions, Hope and Gratitude explores the many dimensions of Marcus Wright's life as told through free verse poetry. Wright has chosen to embed questions, commentary, expressions of gratitude, hope and love into narrative poetry, as presented throughout this collection. When he emigrated from Jamaica to America, the experience was not at all what he expected. Even so, the drive not only to survive but to thrive was indomitable; in spite of severe culture shock, he succeeded through hard work, discipline and perseverance. My Immigrant Shoes presents a unique collection of verse that examines his faith and the greater spiritual force from which he has always sought guidance during good times and bad. Prayers to his God have always been answered. When life seemed hopeless in his beautiful homeland of Jamaica, there was no other choice but to explore the unknown and do what he had to--"to improve my life's condition" (from "Immigration Limbo"). This collection recalls discovering love, having and raising children and knowing immediate and extended family--a joyful and nurturing experience.

Download or read book My Life as an Immigrant written by Nancy Kelly Allen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and photographs tell of immigrants and what their lives were like.

Download or read book My Life as an Immigrant written by Kombiz Salehi and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a life story of an immigrant who arrived in the USA as an eighteen-year-old with twelve dollars and has remained in the USA for fifty-eight years. He became an immigrant three years after his arrival and a US citizen five years later. During the next fifty years, he significantly contributed to the American society in more ways than one. He sponsored his entire education and obtained a BS, an MS, an MBA, and a PhD, getting his PhD when he was seventy-four. After the MS degree in Nuclear Engineering, he served the US nuclear power industry as a nuclear engineer, including fifteen years of management position in companies such as GE Company, Bechtel, Exelon (formerly ComEd), Parsons, and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US NRC), retaining security clearance during his tenure at the US NRC. He was a midlevel manager for the GE Company for a decade. As an adjunct professor for eight years, he taught MBA and mathematics to the university students. His contributions extend through his three children in three circles of the American society. One son is in the biomedical field with his current service getting his company to develop the vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. His daughter is a competent litigator and a law partner in a large law firm. His second son is a VP of finance in a mortgage firm and a graduate of a seminary program with periodic delivery of sermons to his church members. The author used his tenacity in dealing with an insurance company, ensuring continuation of coverage of his former stepdaughter at closed facilities resulting in nearly $500,000 coverage for the medical expenses against the insurance company’s willingness to honor the terms of the policy. He championed the safeguards of the young girl through tumultuous years of his married life with his second spouse, an Iranian lady. That story makes the book that much interesting for trials and tribulations that the author went through during the girl’s adolescent years. Although the challenge ultimately resulted in the break of the marriage, she was ultimately saved and is currently a member of the faculty at an academic institution. This is a success story, mainly due to perseverance, lack of fear, belief in human values, and wisdom to perform the right things and making right decisions. This book contains numerous stories, including the author’s sense of humor in his writing style.

Download or read book My Life in America in a Nutshell written by Eurith M. Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a young woman who came to America to find a better life. Through her quest she encountered many challenges, grief and discrimination. She did not let that defeat her in fulfilling her dream. She married her best friend and created a family of four. Through it all, she stayed consistent, learned from her many obstacles, pursued higher education, did all the things that encouraged financial independence and found happiness.

Download or read book The Complete Success Guide for the Immigrant Life written by Monette Adeva Maglaya and published by Pdi Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the prospective immigrant whose internal compass points to America as the place to be; for those searching for a road map as a guide in building an exciting and new, meaningful life; and perhaps even for some who sometimes forget what a great gift iti

Download or read book My Underground American Dream written by Julissa Arce and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Bestseller! What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of family must she come from? How could she get into this country? What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United States? JULISSA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just plain wrong. On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her closest friends. From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Arce-the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs-had secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today- people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes, her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.

Download or read book My Life as an Immigrant written by Diana Frederick and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: searching for jobs to survive without a green card and trying to find help as an immigrant . then desperation comes in when you meet the wrong guy thinking he is going to help you. watching someone run away with your money when you thought they are helping you file for you proper documents. having to get arrested by the FBI and sleeping in a jail cell for a night was nightmere,then comes this tall handsome man into your love and happen to stand by your husband side as his best man.

Download or read book My Life Story of a Grateful Immigrant Who Lived the American Dream written by Olimpio Guidi and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite growing up amid the horrors of World War II as a boy in the Republic of San Marino, Olimpio Guidi considers himself lucky. He grew up with great parents, great siblings, and great friends and neighbors. Although everyone he knew was poor, they all stuck together—a lesson he’d carry with him throughout his life in the U.S. Navy and over a career spanning almost forty years as a civil servant. In recalling his life story, he shares an unlikely tale of survival that included immigrating with his family to his adopted home country of the United States of America. He shares his appreciation for everyone who has assisted him on his journey, including U.S. Navy Cmdr. Toby Haynsworth, who was instrumental in helping him become a lifelong civil servant, culminating with an assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, where he represented the U.S. Department of Defense. Join the author as he celebrates his love of family, his passion for service, and his love for his adopted country.