Immigrant Conversations
Welcome to Immigrant Conversations, the podcast that brings you inspiring stories from immigrants who have turned challenges into triumphs. Join Mehran Sorourian, a Middle Eastern immigrant woman as she dives deep into the experiences of first-generation and diaspora individuals, exploring their unique journeys, cultural identities, and the hurdles they’ve overcome. We discuss everything from immigrant entrepreneurship, cross cultural experiences, as well as the dark side of migration such as isolation, bias, and more. We aim to provide a platform for voices that often go unheard and aim to bring people closer together.
Join us as we explore topics ranging from immigrant entrepreneurship, first-generation struggles, and cross-cultural experiences to the impact of immigration policies and advocacy. Whether you are an immigrant, a descendant of immigrants, or simply interested in compelling human stories, "Immigrant Conversations" offers a unique perspective on the immigrant experience.
Tune in to discover how individuals from diverse backgrounds overcome obstacles, achieve success, and enrich our communities with their unique perspectives and talents. Subscribe now to "Immigrant Conversations" on your favorite podcast platform, and be inspired by the extraordinary journeys of those who have built new lives from the ground up.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 62
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
EZ41 Setting Achievable Balanced Goals
Setting goals can be hard for us immigrants. Most of us haven't learned how to set them right and how to achieve them. That's why in this episode, Mehran, Empowering conversationZ host talks about a …
00:26:32 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
EZ40 HR Addressing Immigrant’s Common Issues
Immigrants rarely are aware of their rights and the resources available to them. Most often they choose silence for cultural and personal reasons feeling unsatisfied at work. In this episode Sarah Ca…
00:56:20 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
EZ39 Outcasted, Happy, and Confident
Evelyn Perez migrated to the United States from Guatemala at a very young age after crossing the Rio Grande River. In this episode, she talks about her immigration journey, the nights she locked the …
00:42:53 |
Tue 02 Nov 2021
EZ38 Educational Platform I Build During Pandemic
In this special episode, Mehran talks about her newfound cause and how the pandemic helped her find it & bring it to life.
-The struggles of building an educational platform
-How can the audience s…
00:17:33 |
Sat 16 Oct 2021
EZ37 Foot Voting with Ilya Somin
Mehran, your host, has the honor to share with you another immigrant story. My guest today is Ilya Somin who migrated as a young child with his parents from Russia. In this episode, as always we wil…
00:45:28 |
Sat 02 Oct 2021
EZ36 Suicide is Personal
800,000 people lose their lives to suicide every year.
Aside from its statistics and its increasing rate, suicide is personal for Mehran. In this episode, Mehran, the podcast host talks about her pe…
00:25:09 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
EZ35 Immigrants & First Professional Job
In this episode, Empowering conversationZ hosts Jane Leu Upwardly Global Founder and Jina Krause-Vilmar the current President and CEO. Together they talk about:
-Upwardly Global story and the meaning…
00:49:13 |
Sun 16 May 2021
EZ34 Job Search effectively as Immigrant
How lonely do you feel as an immigrant?
-Did you have difficulty finding your first employment in the U.S?
-Are you looking for meaningful connections to serve as your allies?
-Are you currently loo…
00:41:30 |
Sat 01 May 2021
EZ32 Undocumented Mama's Wildest Dreams with Maria Estrada
She burst into tears as she talks about her biggest dream. A dream so big and unimaginable that aches her heart. For most of us, her dream is our everyday life. Empowering conversationZ guest this we…
00:54:25 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
EZ31 A Dose Of Hope
In this special episode of Empowering conversationZ, we are reflecting back on one year of living through the pandemic. I take you to our early lockdown days, our fears, and what I learned from hundr…
00:20:06 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
EZ30 Developing Courage and Taking Risks
As we are celebrating one year anniversary of the show, I am sharing the process, the fears, and the thing that got me to start the show a year ago. Listen and see how the thing can help you initiate…
00:23:53 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
EZ29 Talking with We the Alien's Podcast host
With her law degree and a passion for the film industry, she moved to Los Angeles with a Fulbright scholarship hoping to go back despite her dad’s last-minute shocking advice. 10 years later, she is …
00:39:25 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
EZ28 Managing Covid Trauma for Immigrants
Covid has been traumatic for all of us especially immigrants coming from collective cultures. With over 20 years of psychotherapeutic and research experience with first and second-generation immigran…
00:35:20 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
EZ27 It Started From A Comment
Came from India to solely support his family and his 11 brothers and sisters. To help them financially so that they could attend college. Once here, he was isolated and rejected for his color, his he…
00:34:04 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
EZ26 Unheard Experiences of Deaf immigrant
He was born deaf and migrated to Canada as an adult because he felt his country limited his growth for his physical disability. Once in Canada he was provided with opportunities to learn multiple lan…
00:33:25 |
Fri 01 Jan 2021
EZ25 Refuge for Rape Victim with Tabitha Mpamira
Being the victim of sexual violence at a very young age, seeing the impact of the Rwandan genocide, and being discriminated against in her new home for her identity could be enough to traumatize some…
00:47:11 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Updates And Changes
Mehran shares the opportunities and the struggles she has encountered since she started the Empowering conversationZ podcast and its coincidence with the pandemic. She updates her audience on the cha…
00:13:27 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
EZ24 Immigrants & Bad Bosses
It is hard to be stuck with a bad boss in this tough economy especially as an immigrant without support. That’s why Mehran, Career and communication coach for immigrants will address issues immigrant…
00:25:06 |
Sun 13 Sep 2020
EZ23 Lioness Hungry for Opportunity
Hungry for opportunity, she moved from Brazil to United States leaving behind her successful business back home. Once in the states she worked at Amazon “cutting tomatoes”, for which she was teased b…
00:29:58 |
Sun 06 Sep 2020
EZ22 Creating Your Leadership Advantage
She spent her wedding gift on moving to the states and fulfilling her dream of higher education. She faced many obstacles but she kept one motto in her life. My guest this week is Mastaneh Sharafi, a…
00:27:18 |
Sun 30 Aug 2020
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