Irena is originally from Belgrade (Serbia). 

Irena earned  her Bachelor in theatre and film scenography in Belgrade. After graduating, because of her talent and a touch of luck she was offered a full …

In this part 2 we get to follow Emma as he  finally gets his refugee status and travels to Chicago, USA . We also find out how difficult it is to navigate a new country and a completely different env…

Emma is originally from Munamba (Uganda). 

He is a refugee now living and working in Chicago, USA.  We talk about his traumatic child hood. His step sister who tried to poison him. And the life of a r…

Daphne is originally from Santiago (Chile).  

She studied architecture in Santiago (where she was born and raised) before attending Yale University in the USA.  She currently lives in Chicago with her…

Ronnie is originally from Auckland (New Zealand).  
He lived in Wellington (New Zealand) before he started working for Eriksson and got a contract to work in the US. Ronnie is a cofounder of SkydiVR, …

Chih-Jou is originally from Tainan (Taiwan).  She first came over as an exchange student to Westerville, Ohio (USA) where she studied theatre education and application.  She now resides in Chicago (U…

David is Originally from Queens, New York (USA). He moved to Israel with his mum and dad when he was 1.5 yrs old.  He spent his entire childhood and early adulthood before returning to New York in hi…

Andi (Andrea) Kristins is originally from Reykjavik (Iceland). She is a “UN kid” and although she was born in Iceland she grew up in many different places, environments and cultures.  While her “home…

Tara Mahase is originally from Trinidad and Tobago.  She left behind a full life with family and friends, but also poverty to find a better future and education in the United States. She also needed …

Alp Caglar Cilingir is originally from Istanbul (Turkey).  He has immigrated to the US twice before calling it his permanent home.  He came the first time to attend school in Miami (Florida), went ba…

Konstantin is originally from Moscow (Russia) and is an award pianist and composer.  In this episode, we discover similarities between “them” and “us”, we learn about being a young man in New York Ci…

Fabienne is originally from Brussels (Belgium) and lives in New York City.  She is a model, dancer, healer and environmentalist.  Listen to us discuss her modeling career,  New York City in the 80s, …

An introduction to the podcast.