Meet Falguni Katira from India, who followed her student husband to the United States, leaving a fulfilling and successful career in the booming Indian financial industry behind. She realized quickly, that continuing her career and contributing financially was a burocratic nightmare and yes, she tried every option available for a dependent visa holders to find a footing in her new home country from the official application process for a work visa to the hope-based work visa lottery system of the US government. Check out her story, how long it took to get back into the financial industry and ho ..read more

Meet Lenie DeCastro from the Philippines who came to the United States as a military spouse with a professional teaching background. Immigrating to the US and living around the world introduced her to the need of constantly redefining her professional goals. Today she has incorporated her background and love of teaching in her tutoring business. Check out how Lenie went from teaching hero to zero and back to being a hero for countless kids and parents in the US. Check out her passion projects and contact her: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenie-d-66681b141/ Facebook: https://www.facebo ..read more

Meet Florian DeCastro from the Philippines who came as a child to the United States. What does a kid with a thirst for knowledge and expanding his world do? Florian joined the US Airforce, worked around the world, and made it his mission today to educate especially the youth on topics like cybersecurity, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. Check out his passion projects or contact him: LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/florian-de-castro-67606a35 Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/florian.decastro.9 Young Entrepreneurs Program https://www.facebook.com/groups/689053728185029/?ref=share Service ..read more

In observation of the International Migrant Day 2019, “The Immigrant Show” is featuring immigrants in other parts of the world. One of these immigrants is Araceli, who felt the traveling fever at a young age and therefore ventured into the hospitality industry. Her traveling fever turned into a career allowing her to live all over the world from Austria, to London, to Jamaica, and now Dubai. Araceli is a true serial expat – loving her life exploring cultures, people, and now being an expat entrepreneur in Dubai with her sustainable fashion ecommerce venture (Goshopia.com) and blog DubaiFashion ..read more

In observation of the International Migrant Day 2019, “The Immigrant Show” is featuring immigrants in other parts of the world. One of these immigrants is Jared, who has always been fond of the French language and culture. Later in life – after studying the French language and visiting France often – he took the opportunity to work for his employer in France. And boy did he find out that visiting a country and actually living in it is quite different… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Meet Joseph, who grew up in Kenya in a multi-national family. When his only choice was to further his education overseas, he made the leap into a STEM program in the US, earned his degree and began working and researching for a US biotech startup company. After years of struggles and finally successes, he witnessed and participated in the sale and merger of the once tiny startup business in a multi-million-dollar deal. Today, Joseph is a fighter on the side of other entrepreneurs in the US and globally, who want to scale their businesses or ideas into the multi-million dollars profit range as ..read more

On this very special episode of The Immigrant Show, Mario Porreca and Esmée St James fill in for Anya as she travels home to Germany to spend time with family and friends. Mario and Esmée talk about what it's like to be an immigrant as an child as compared to the experience of being an immigrant as an adult, what it's like to go home and visit after being away for an extended period of time, and Esmée shares her story of being an immigrant in a new country multiple times over the course of her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Meet Vid who came to the US on a student visa from Sri Lanka. He earned his Masters Degree and subsequently his doctorate degree in the STEM field. After studying hard, earning his degree and starting to work in the US as a faculty member in the higher education field, Vid started living his American Dream by starting a family. His American Dream was in danger though as he had to change his immigration status after he finished his studies. He took it into his own hands to find a solution, applied for his Green Card and finally received it for himself and his family. These trying times enhanced ..read more

Meet Veronica Rozenfeld who grew up in the Ukraine and came to the US with her family as a teenager. She started living her American Dream by getting a college degree and starting her own family – living in a lovely house and raising two fantastic kids. But life creates challenges – not only for you and me – also for Veronica. Delving deep into her soul and heritage, Veronica finally found clarity for her life path and a path of support for others seeking to elevate their life goals, energy levels, and last but not least personal and business success. Today Veronica is not only a role model an ..read more

Meet Gitta from Hungary who grew up in the former USSR controlled part of Eastern Europe. After the cold war she had the chance to travel to the US as an Exchange Student, fell in love, married and that’s where her journey as an immigrant only began. She bravely faced the challenge of being a single mother, conquering the IT world first as an employee and today as a business owner supporting other Small Business’ IT needs, and found later in life a love for surfing on the Californian beaches. There are no challenges an immigrant with the will to do so cannot handle - Gitta is living proof of i ..read more