When I Got Here

Mayela (Mexico): Welcome and Unwelcome

August 01, 2022 Literacy Achieves
When I Got Here
Mayela (Mexico): Welcome and Unwelcome
Show Notes

In this episode, a young Mexican woman, a university graduate and marketing executive, wrestles with feeling welcome and unwelcome, free and lonely.  This immigrant's experience shows the power of words—and the prejudice behind them—to hurt.  Is her faith in the American dream for people like her naïve?

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