From the Alps to the Big Apple For generations my ancestors resided and prospered in Switzerland, with no intentions of leaving their beautiful, nature-oriented homeland at any point during their lifetimes. My parents, Adrian and Ursula Studer and my sister, Dominique, were the first ones in our family’s history to break this seemingly endless trend …

Many of the immigrants of the 1900’s came to the United States for new and better opportunities that their homeland could not offer them. Most people were chasing the ‘American dream’ in hopes of becoming wealthy and successful. Others came to the United States to escape mistreatment from their homeland or to pursue religious freedom. …

In August 2009, I moved to New York City with my family. Before this, we lived in Bangalore, India. I was born in India, so were my parents and my grandparents before them. Except for vacations, my family and I had lived in the same city for eight years before that August. We never expected …

My personal experience with migration has not involved immigration into a new country. The migration I have undergone has been migration between different parts of New York State. I have lived in three different parts of New York. I was born in Central Islip on Long Island. My father’s family lives on Long Island and …