My name is Kelly Wu and I have lived in New York City all my life. As a result, I know where the best restaurants are, I know when is the best time to go to Central Park, and I have perfected the art of zoning out when using the MTA transit system. All in …

The first instance I can remember that the idea of “immigration” or “migration” being an issue I had to face or understand was on my first day of preschool. I sat down in class, looked around me, and saw a bunch of white catholic boys and girls. At that time I was around five years …

A twenty one year old woman exits John F. Kennedy airport on a foggy May afternoon in 1992. It was the first time she traveled to the United States from her native country, Morocco. My mother, Mariam, could not help but feel apprehensive about her life in the United States; she questioned her decision to …