Alexandra, a 32-year-old Russian immigrant who has lived in the United States for eight years, shared her feelings about living in the United States without knowing English:
It’s a very hard feeling when you don’t understand people. […] It has an impact on your self esteem, because you want to speak, you want to express yourself, you want people to know who you are. And when you just silent because you don’t want to say anything and you don’t understand anything… it’s not a good feeling.”
