Victoria Fils-Aimé is the owner of “A Stitch At A Time”   She came on the podcast to talk about how, when she was 19 years old, she moved from Haiti to Montreal in search of a better future. But just as she was settling into her new life, the pandemic struck, leaving her feeling stuck. She then took a brief vacation to Haiti to visit her family, but while she was there, they were attacked at their house, resulting in her dad being shot and her mother being abducted. She suffered from depression and PTSD as a result of the incident, which caused her to seek medical attention. A psychi ..read more

Daniel Mullings is a Professional basketball player and a mental coach. He came on to talk about working hard and remaining true to yourself, being raised by an immigrant single mother and the lessons he learned from her that he is now using to raise his own daughter, what he loves about being a dad, winning for his people, winning the 2014 NCAA Western Athletic Conference Basketball Player of the Year, how the NCAA treats its athletes unfairly, changing his mindset when he didn't make the NBA but remaining at peace with it, dealing with criticism, playing all over the world and quickly integr ..read more

Divya Sharma is a student of University of Manitoba studying Global Political Economy.  She came on the podcast to talk about why equity is more significant than equality, the propensity of indigenous people and immigrants to share resources, how her grandpa instills in her the value of volunteering back in India through the concept of Seva, the ridiculousness of the IELTS exam, how we can eliminate the "Canadian Experience," and her work creating care packages for first responders during the pandemic that has been acknowledged by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.     ..read more

Burak Yilmaz is a published author and a Registered Nurse.       Abandoned by his mother at a young age, he was sent to live with a family that physically abused him, landing him in the ICU. From there, he was shipped off to a religious boarding school where he suffered sexual molestation and beatings, and then sent away again. He lived on the streets and endured homelessness.       Despite these hardships, Burak never lost hope. He found solace in writing and eventually became an author. However, his struggles did not end there. After being ar ..read more

Christy Kioko is a Creative, a philanthropist, and a proud Seattleite. As the daughter of Kenyan immigrants, she’s fortunate to have parents who nurtured her artistic talents. However, despite this fortunate upbringing, Christy still experienced the challenge of identity crisis between two cultures, and the insecurities that come with feeling different from her classmates. Her complicated relationship with her hair only added to these struggles. But as an adult, she is now deconstructing these old and limiting mentalities by practicing the art of enjoying the moment and embracing the idea that ..read more

Drew Thach is a Digital Artist of Ahhdru Art and a professional Dad.     He spoke about how his parents fled the violence in Cambodia only to settle in another violent place, Detroit, Michigan. He also discussed how the war's ugliness affected his family, causing his father to abandon them when he was only two years old and leaving his siblings to raise him while their mother worked tirelessly.      He spent most of his childhood in the hospital waiting while his brother was undergoing continuous dialysis, there, he discovered his love of art and drawing duri ..read more

Nicholas Leffel is a filmmaker from Madison, Wisconsin. He was adopted from a Russian orphanage as toddler by a couple from Washington DC area.     As an adoptee, he shared how he struggled with identity issues growing up and often felt like an outsider. However, he used videomaking as a way to express himself and communicate his experiences. He also talked about how taking a DNA test gave him a more direct sense of identity, but at the same time, still feels survivor's guilt, and how the ongoing war in Ukraine is affecting him personally. As a filmmaker, he discussed the advant ..read more

Brendan Moriarty, who comes from a respectable line of Ivy Leaguers, chose to pursue the art of filmmaking because he not only had the talent for it but also the drive to balance it with business. Was raised dirt biking through Cambodia despite being originally from New England. After visiting the Tomb Raider movie set, he was motivated to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker. We talked about what equality really meant, the American psyche, and how China is slowly taking over Cambodia.      ?ALL LINKS BELOW ?  YouTube: https://bit.ly/3g0qe2g  Apple: https://ap ..read more

Erick Widman is an immigration lawyer who grew up in Cupertino, California. When he was 13 years old, he went on an exchange student program to Japan, which changed his outlook on life. After earning his law degree and attempting to defer the real world, he moved to Hungary to teach business law, where he met his wife.  We talked about challenges of long-distance relationships, trying to balance his career and family life with the help of journaling, starting his law firm, Passage Immigration Law being a "High Performance Coach" to be a better employer, and issues pertaining to immigratio ..read more

Vicheka King is a Cambodian film star that’s currently living in the US for only six months. She came on the podcast to talk about joining beauty pageants, starring in a feature film in Cambodia called “My Hero Teacher”. We also discussed having her miracle baby, motherhood, and the challenges and perils of raising an American boy.       ?ALL LINKS BELOW ?  YouTube: https://bit.ly/3g0qe2g  Apple: https://apple.co/34KNRa2  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2S9eQJx  RedCircle: https://bit.ly/3yZWX0m  Instagram: https://bit.ly/2SW06Oc  Facebook: https://b ..read more