Teresa DeLeon ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍មកពីប្រទេសហ្វីលីពីន និងជាសមាជិកនៃ SEIU 1199NW
When my father first arrived in the U.S., he slept on his cousin’s couch in a one-bedroom apartment. At night, he would sneak into the bathroom to cry because he missed his family. Later, my mother and younger sisters joined him, but as a toddler, I was left with my Lola (grandmother) in the Philippines. […]
Mery Davis បុគ្គលិកថែទាំផ្ទះ និងសមាជិក SEIU 1199
ខ្ញុំមានរូបថតតិចតួចណាស់ពីជីវិតរបស់ខ្ញុំមុនពេលខ្ញុំមកដល់អាមេរិក។ នៅចំណុចខ្លះ ខ្ញុំមានរូបភាពរបស់បងប្អូនស្រីរបស់ខ្ញុំ និងខ្ញុំនៅពេលដែលពួកគេបានទៅលេងប្រទេសហុងឌូរ៉ាស បន្ទាប់ពីកូនដំបូងរបស់ខ្ញុំបានកើតមក។ ប៉ុន្តែពេលខ្ញុំចាប់ផ្តើមធ្វើការនៅអាមេរិក មាននរណាម្នាក់ប្លន់ខ្ញុំ ហើយយកសៀវភៅហោប៉ៅដែលខ្ញុំមានរូបថត។ ការបាត់បង់នោះមិនបានធ្វើឲ្យខ្ញុំមានជីវិតល្អនៅទីនេះទេ។
Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica and SEIU 1199 member
I am one of seven siblings. Three of us live in Florida and four in New York. Two of my brothers work in transportation in New York City, and two of my sisters are nurses, like me. The oldest of us is about to retire. My mom says she has no regrets; she can retire […]
Bobby Dutta ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍មកពីប្រទេសឥណ្ឌា និងសមាជិក SEIU Local 1000
I was born and raised in India and arrived in the U.S. as a teenager during the late 1970s. My family separation story began when I was 9 years old. My grandmother, who lived in Scotland at the time, got sick, so my mother decided to leave India to take care of her. She intended […]
