Why did you move to the United States?
My parents moved to the United States in 1994, three years after my older sister was born. They told me that they moved because they wanted to start something new for themselves and for my sister to get a better education.
Once in the United States where did you live?
My parents explained to me that they had to move around a lot due to the lack of money they had when they first got here, they first stayed in the city of Chicago in very small apartment they didn't stay there for long cause like i said they didn't have the money, they moved 4 years later to Norridge which is about 20 minutes away from the city. They lived in another apartment this time bigger and nicer. My sister started school and my parents got Jobs. My family only lived their for 4 years though after realizing that the schools in Norridge aren't good. In 1999 my parents moved to Woodridge which was there final destination and they've been here ever since.
Did you ever wish you were back living in Poland?
My parents said yes and no. Yes they wish they could be back there to be with most of our family and to support them and help out with my grandparents, but at the same time they said no because they said that once they moved here they have way more opportunities and goals that would've never had back in Poland
What was your biggest challenge when you moved here ?
My parents said there biggest challenge was learning and talking to people in English they said the first couple years were rough for them because they struggled communicating to others in public
My parents moved to the United States in 1994, three years after my older sister was born. They told me that they moved because they wanted to start something new for themselves and for my sister to get a better education.
Once in the United States where did you live?
My parents explained to me that they had to move around a lot due to the lack of money they had when they first got here, they first stayed in the city of Chicago in very small apartment they didn't stay there for long cause like i said they didn't have the money, they moved 4 years later to Norridge which is about 20 minutes away from the city. They lived in another apartment this time bigger and nicer. My sister started school and my parents got Jobs. My family only lived their for 4 years though after realizing that the schools in Norridge aren't good. In 1999 my parents moved to Woodridge which was there final destination and they've been here ever since.
Did you ever wish you were back living in Poland?
My parents said yes and no. Yes they wish they could be back there to be with most of our family and to support them and help out with my grandparents, but at the same time they said no because they said that once they moved here they have way more opportunities and goals that would've never had back in Poland
What was your biggest challenge when you moved here ?
My parents said there biggest challenge was learning and talking to people in English they said the first couple years were rough for them because they struggled communicating to others in public