Sentences with phrase «generation immigrant»

Kitabayashi is a first - generation immigrant; his parents came here from Japan when he was 12 years old.

Purchasing in an unfamiliar market can be daunting, whether investing internationally, seeking vacation property, or a first generation immigrant living in the U.S.

Martin is a first generation immigrant and understands the value of hard work and dedication.

A first - generation immigrant, Nehal Madhani graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and landed a job working in Kirkland & Ellis» bankruptcy practice.

I am a first - generation immigrant from Panama.

Then a colleague on the Canadian civil society delegation pointed out that it doesn't much serve climate justice, only shifts the locus of climate injustice, if developed countries accept financial responsibility for loss and damage — then see their historic wrongs paid for by a farmer in rural Britain or a first - or second - generation immigrant family in Calgary who pay their taxes, rather than a multinational fossil that doesn't.

Each book will have the name of a first - or second - generation immigrant to the United States who has made notable contributions to American art and culture embossed in gold on the spine.

Sanger's professional education was eclectic and impressive for a first - generation immigrant.

As a first - generation immigrant of Puerto Rican decent, the artist creates objects questioning the concept of luxury and craft making to explore questions of identity, integration and aspiration.

As a first - generation immigrant whose parents fled Jerusalem before he was born, Kiswanson openly talks about the crushing sensation of belonging nowhere.

Thinh Nguyen, a first - generation immigrant from Viet Nam, uses his body and his being as a canvas for endurance actions and performance to explore and expose aspects of race and racism, class and classism, gender and identity.

«So you're obviously going to see a different crowd, maybe not so much of the second - generation immigrant crowd.

The character is at once dealing with a very specific situation — being a first - generation immigrant, negotiating the tricky divide between traditional family ways and the life of an American teenager — and something very universal, the need for teenagers to find their own identity and place in the world.

Lam's first book, a collection of interconnected short stories, opens with «How To Get Into Medical School, Part 1, a story which at first glance treads familiar territory - an Asian girl of first generation immigrant parents finds herself torn between her budding love for fellow medical student Fitz (an unsuitable boy by dint of him not being Asian) and her drive to succeed at the highest level as a medical student.

His research interests center on how race, racism, and assimilative pressures affect the experiences and outcomes of students of color and early generation immigrant students in US K — 12 contexts.

This report examines the educational experiences and outcomes of first and second - generation immigrant youth ages 16 to 26 across California's educational institutions, encompassing secondary schools, adult education, and postsecondary education.

Through Briya's partnership with Mary's Center, there is also an emphasis on ensuring that low - income families and first - generation immigrant families have access to the resources needed to adjust and thrive.

Ferede, a former fourth - grade teacher for first and second - generation immigrant and refugee children in a high - needs area in Toronto often saw a disparity between her students» community and the education system.

While first - and second - generation immigrant children are the fastest - growing segment of the U.S. population under the age of 15, their needs are often lost in the debate over services for immigrants, concludes a report from a National Academy of Sciences panel.

I hold certain identities near and dear to my heart — as a 1.75 - generation immigrant from Peru; the oldest of six children; a child of a low - income, single - parent family; a first - generation college student — the list goes on.

I just gave my daughter - in - law, who is principal of an elementary school with a largely Mexican first generation immigrant population, and who has twin 11 - month - old sons, instructions on how to do a «clean room re-entry into their home.

The comparison group included 375 first - generation immigrant children of similar racial / ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic status who attended the same schools before the intervention was implemented.

In a new longitudinal study, first - generation immigrant children who took part in a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the program.

In the study, 292 first - generation immigrant children who attended eight high - poverty, urban elementary schools in Boston took part in the intervention, called City Connects, in the early 2000s.

So, in countries including Japan and Germany, one can be a second or third generation immigrant and still be denied citizenship.

I am a first generation immigrant, and that is how I see the people around me, I can clearly weigh my options and see that my prospects of living here are more reasonable than my home country.

However, there are always great challenges that come with being a first generation immigrant in any country.

She was a second generation immigrant with grandparents from Romaina, Russia and the Ukraine.

Leon said that, with God's blessing, we can see that all of us - «whether brown, black or white, male or female, first generation immigrant American or Daughter of the American Revolution, gay or straight, rich or poor» - are made in God's image.

It's territory they know well: Each of the of members is either a first generation immigrant, or the children of immigrant parents.

Video number 4 from the Jet Set Vision Trip in Taiwan all goes down during a cab ride through Taipei as Ray Chang and I talk about how second generation immigrant churches in America can be involved in God's global mission.

Theresia is a first generation immigrant and a passionate supporter of educational causes that support immigration and diversity in STEM.

First - generation immigrants or their children had founder roles in more than 40 % of the Fortune 500, including such marquee companies as AT&T (No. 11), Procter & Gamble (No. 31), Goldman Sachs (No. 74), Pfizer (No. 51), eBay (No. 180), Google (No. 46), Intel (No. 53), Kraft (No. 156), Cigna (No. 97), and Kohl's (No. 151).

Over two - thirds of the millennial population in Toronto and Vancouver are first or second - generation immigrants, and 39 % are Asian.

Study: Nearly Half the Founders of America's Biggest Companies Are First - or Second - Generation Immigrants

Every New Year's Day, many first - generation immigrants tell their parents «happy birthday» because they don't know otherwise.

The 2010 census indicated that the country was comprised of over 50 ethnic groups, with 30 per cent being first or second generation immigrants.

On an anecdotal level, a disproportionate number of the people on our BNN TV show The Disruptors are immigrants or second - generation immigrants who exemplify a culture of entrepreneurship and are hungry to get ahead.

I was intrigued to learn that many of the people I interviewed had either emigrated to another country or were first - generation immigrants.

They were typical second - generation immigrants, freely mixing the heritage of their parents with the culture of their birth.

The principal window on our myths is supposed to be the stories of successful first - and second - generation immigrants drawn from 200 lengthy interviews.

As second - generation immigrants grow up in the United States and attend American schools, they turn to American brands to serve their grocery and other retail needs.

To date, it remains unclear whether the expectations of female clients are better met in birth centers than in hospital or home births and if the offered birth care connects to the needs of different social groups, such as non-Dutch women, including first, second and third generation immigrants [6, 8, 17].

The Labour MP strongly attacked the government over the treatment of Windrush generation immigrants.

First, although it's hard to imagine for a lot of people, many people — particularly the elderly, first generation immigrants, the poor, or the marginalised — just don't have access to online tools of democratic engagement.

The 25th Council District, which includes Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and part of Rego Park, has a population that is 53 percent first − generation immigrants.

Of course, everyone agrees that the Windrush generation immigrants have been treated abominably and the fiasco leaves an ugly scar on the Tory Government.

Second - generation immigrants show increased risk relative to their parents, and rates are highest among those of African heritage.

In this sample, 92 were first - generation immigrants; the rest were second - generation American - born, with the majority (105 participants) identifying Pakistan as their heritage country.

First - generation immigrants were three times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder and four times more likely to develop a schizophrenic disorder.