My maternal grandmother immigrated here at the age of 2, from Italy.

Only after he died did I learn much more about his life.

I didn't try an American donut until 4th grade!

I am thankful that my parents came to the US but both my parents worked hard.

We are happy to be Americans by choice and will work together to make this country the place we want to live. We will vote for the first time in November and will keep on voting until we have a government that represents the true American values of love, openness, diversity and respect.

My Great Great Grandmother migrated to the U.S. as a mail order bride.

They worked very hard to make a living.

One of my great grandfather's was a coal miner starting at the age of 9 in Louisville, CO near Boulder.

My Great Grandfather escaped WW1.

They call me an "anchor baby."

First generation born in Dallas, Texas.

I moved to US from Tehran, Iran to do my PhD.

With a lot of difficulty and some incredible luck, they were able to eventually get to New York City

He came here in 1902 To Start His Job As A Carpenter

I am the youngest daughter of the first American-born daughter of a Jewish family who fled their shetl in the 1905 pogrom in Russo-Poland. My grandfather, a talmud scholar, came and worked two years to earn enough money to buy steamship passage for my grandmother, my five uncles and aunt to join him. A sixth uncle had died after being conscripted into the Russian army at 13 years old.

My father immigrated from Japan in the 1950s. He was the only one in his extended family to leave Japan and NOT return after a few years. He came here for the promise of a better life after having survived the fire bombings of WWII in Tokyo and seeing his country destroyed.

During a very tumultuous time in Colombia, South America, my mother decided to leave everything behind. Under the pretense that we were coming on a family trip to visit Disney World, she left her administrative career, home, and country. In 1988, we arrived to Miami, Florida with $1,000 and tourist visas.

My great grandparents immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe. At one point, my new husband wanted to explore family trees, and was disappointed that mine ended on all lines very quickly, without being able to do research in Europe.

While on that ship coming to America, Violet met her future husband, Ferdinand. It happens that both were going to Illinois.

Me and my family were refugees coming to America, we emigrated from Africa (Uganda and Congo). I came here with my mom. Initially, we were assigned to live in Memphis, TN. Instead we moved to Cleveland shortly after. My mom became a citizen in 2014 and I'll become a citizen next year.