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Meet Falguni Katira from India, who followed her student husband to the United States, leaving a fulfilling and successful career in the booming Indian financial industry behind. She realized quickly, that continuing her career and contributing financially was a burocratic nightmare and yes, she tried every option available for a dependent visa holders to find a footing in her new home country from the official application process for a work visa to the hope-based work visa lottery system of the US government. Check out her story, how long it took to get back into the financial industry and how she uses her professional and personal experience as a personal mindset coach and marketing mentor. Contact her and find the projects she is passionate about: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/falgunikatira/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Lenie DeCastro from the Philippines who came to the United States as a military spouse with a professional teaching background. Immigrating to the US and living around the world introduced her to the need of constantly redefining her professional goals. Today she has incorporated her background and love of teaching in her tutoring business. Check out how Lenie went from teaching hero to zero and back to being a hero for countless kids and parents in the US. Check out her passion projects and contact her: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenie-d-66681b141/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenie.decastro.9 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Florian DeCastro from the Philippines who came as a child to the United States. What does a kid with a thirst for knowledge and expanding his world do? Florian joined the US Airforce, worked around the world, and made it his mission today to educate especially the youth on topics like cybersecurity, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. Check out his passion projects or contact him: LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/florian-de-castro-67606a35 Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/florian.decastro.9 Young Entrepreneurs Program https://www.facebook.com/groups/689053728185029/?ref=share Service Academy Entrepreneurs Conference (SAEC) https://saec-entre.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In observation of the International Migrant Day 2019, “The Immigrant Show” is featuring immigrants in other parts of the world. One of these immigrants is Araceli, who felt the traveling fever at a young age and therefore ventured into the hospitality industry. Her traveling fever turned into a career allowing her to live all over the world from Austria, to London, to Jamaica, and now Dubai. Araceli is a true serial expat – loving her life exploring cultures, people, and now being an expat entrepreneur in Dubai with her sustainable fashion ecommerce venture (Goshopia.com) and blog DubaiFashionNews.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In observation of the International Migrant Day 2019, “The Immigrant Show” is featuring immigrants in other parts of the world. One of these immigrants is Jared, who has always been fond of the French language and culture. Later in life – after studying the French language and visiting France often – he took the opportunity to work for his employer in France. And boy did he find out that visiting a country and actually living in it is quite different… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Joseph, who grew up in Kenya in a multi-national family. When his only choice was to further his education overseas, he made the leap into a STEM program in the US, earned his degree and began working and researching for a US biotech startup company. After years of struggles and finally successes, he witnessed and participated in the sale and merger of the once tiny startup business in a multi-million-dollar deal. Today, Joseph is a fighter on the side of other entrepreneurs in the US and globally, who want to scale their businesses or ideas into the multi-million dollars profit range as well. Contact him via: 24inspiredmedia.com or  www.linkedin.com/in/josephmmwirichia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this very special episode of The Immigrant Show, Mario Porreca and Esmée St James fill in for Anya as she travels home to Germany to spend time with family and friends. Mario and Esmée talk about what it's like to be an immigrant as an child as compared to the experience of being an immigrant as an adult, what it's like to go home and visit after being away for an extended period of time, and Esmée shares her story of being an immigrant in a new country multiple times over the course of her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Vid who came to the US on a student visa from Sri Lanka. He earned his Masters Degree and subsequently his doctorate degree in the STEM field. After studying hard, earning his degree and starting to work in the US as a faculty member in the higher education field, Vid started living his American Dream by starting a family. His American Dream was in danger though as he had to change his immigration status after he finished his studies. He took it into his own hands to find a solution, applied for his Green Card and finally received it for himself and his family. These trying times enhanced his wish and ambition to help fellow immigrants in the education field. Vid’s American Dream is well and alive and now he is on his way to help others achieve the same.  Meet Vid who came to the US on a student visa from Sri Lanka. He earned his Masters Degree and subsequently his doctorate degree in the STEM field. After studying hard, earning his degree and starting to work in the US as a faculty member in the higher education field, Vid started living his American Dream by starting a family. His American Dream was in danger though as he had to change his immigration status after he finished his studies. He took it into his own hands to find a solution, applied for his Green Card and finally received it for himself and his family. These trying times enhanced his wish and ambition to help fellow immigrants in the education field. Vid’s American Dream is well and alive and now he is on his way to help others achieve the same.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Veronica Rozenfeld who grew up in the Ukraine and came to the US with her family as a teenager. She started living her American Dream by getting a college degree and starting her own family – living in a lovely house and raising two fantastic kids. But life creates challenges – not only for you and me – also for Veronica. Delving deep into her soul and heritage, Veronica finally found clarity for her life path and a path of support for others seeking to elevate their life goals, energy levels, and last but not least personal and business success. Today Veronica is not only a role model and nurturer for her children but also for others through her “You Rise Movement”. Check her business out and find the clarity you need on your own path to your American Dream! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Gitta from Hungary who grew up in the former USSR controlled part of Eastern Europe. After the cold war she had the chance to travel to the US as an Exchange Student, fell in love, married and that’s where her journey as an immigrant only began. She bravely faced the challenge of being a single mother, conquering the IT world first as an employee and today as a business owner supporting other Small Business’ IT needs, and found later in life a love for surfing on the Californian beaches. There are no challenges an immigrant with the will to do so cannot handle - Gitta is living proof of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Ana from Panama who grew up as a real “Zonian”. With an American father working in the Canal Zone and a Panamanian mother, Ana enjoyed both cultures as a child and moving to the US wouldn’t be so crazy hard as she didn’t have to worry about a visa, right? Not so much – even as an American citizen she had to face all the integration obstacles her fellow immigrants had to go through minus the papers and the language issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet: Claudia from Italy – Claudia came to the US more than a decade ago in search for fulfillment in higher education. After earning her doctorate degree, she entered the world of American academia not only working on her own American Dream but also on the one of other women who are defining their unique and impactful voices in the public space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anya and her guests, fellow Immigrant Esmée St James, and American-born, Mario Porreca, talk about the history of Independence Day and what it means to them from their unique perspectives living in the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode features another Immigrant Tip, which is not only useful for immigrants but for everyone living in the US. Your host and fellow immigrant, Anya, introduces you to 911 calls and other public service phone numbers in the US. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Esmée St. James’ mission and American Dream is to help spread the lost art of charm in relationship building by drawing from her lifelong-honed skills living on several continents immersing in European and North American Culture. She shows us fellow immigrants what an advantage we have by being us – immigrants crossing cultures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fellow Immigrant and Host Anya describes the first hurdles to tackle after arriving as a freshly minted resident in the US. 1) Social Security Number – check, 2) Drivers License – check, 3) Financial Ghost/Bank Account - check See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet: Roman Prokopchuck from the Ukraine – he came to the United States as a young child without any English skills. He caught up to his peers after learning English and integrated into the American society by excelling in his educational journey, earning a degree and venturing into the Digital Marketing world working for Fortune 500 companies and now in his own successful business growing his marketing and business expertise and sharing it on his podcast “Digital Savage Experience Podcast." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet: Serap from Turkey – her integration journey led her not only to the United States but before that from Turkey to Germany. She had to find her way not only to successfully integrate into the American and military culture but also the German way of life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet: Liliya from Russia – her integration journey led her not only to master the American and military culture but also the college world and her job as an accountant in Silicon Valley. Liliya juggled being a young mother, integrating, and finding her American Dream through college education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet: Peter Kolat from Poland – a passionate entrepreneur who follows his American Dream by supporting fellow immigrants on their entrepreneurial journey to success. His story is about how a non-English speaking teenager found his American Dream by becoming a successful Entrepreneur and Business Mentor for Fellow Immigrants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.