{"id":3701,"date":"2024-06-17T11:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2024-06-17T11:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:46:47","slug":"russian-immigration-natasha-s-family-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/2024\/06\/17\/russian-immigration-natasha-s-family-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Immigration- Natasha S. (family friend)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. What does being an immigrants mean to you?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    “I felt as an immigrant for the first 3 years then the feeling started to fade. I’m proud to be an immigrant coming into a country by myself without support from my family. I built myself from the ground and I respect every immigrant because it’s a very brave decision to make in life”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. What would you say was an important part of keeping your culture alive when you came to the US?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “Family abroad and communication helps me to stay connected with traditions. Also, Russian areas like Brighton Beach helps with food supply which is a big cultural influence”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Was it a choice to immigrate to the US or was it the only option country-wise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “I did not decide to immigrate at first because I wanted to work abroad to make money since I craved a change and more opportunities which I didn’t see in my country. I started realizing the limitations in choices of career and growth. The tax system impossibility to grow as far as you want killed us as I was running my own business. It really did not support enterprises. So, I got a job at Carnival Cruise Lines, but it took me almost a year of preparations and interviews and visas to come to the US. But, after a year of working at CCL I already knew I wanted to stay. But I needed a plan so I completed two years with the company, then resigned, then stayed in New York where I enrolled in college after three months”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. What circumstances caused you to leave your country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “Similar to what I said before, the taxation system and the limitations it put on us and our business. But there was really no variety in careers and development and I wanted so much more than that”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Was there anything meaningful to you that you had to leave behind in your home country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “No. I miss my family but they all have their families now. They’re all busy with their lives. I never miss my country. I would love to visit as I’m proud of my Russian nationality. Only thing I regret is not being able to see my father and grandparents who died while I was here. I was not able to be by them at their last moments and regret not calling or talking to them more often. For this, I have a burden in my heart. I’m proud of our history and people but I do not wish to go back. My home is here and my achievements are here”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    “I felt as an immigrant for the first 3 years then the feeling started to fade. I’m proud to be an immigrant coming into a country by myself without support from my family. I built myself from the ground and I respect every immigrant because it’s a very brave decision to make in life”. 2. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories24"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3702,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions\/3702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/refugeestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}