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In this week's episode, I have Maribel Rodriguez joining me.

Maribel Rodriguez loves her roots and her parents' countries, Colombia and Puerto Rico. Having been to both countries and growing up in Brooklyn, NY a melting pot of many cultures, she has a love for people of diverse cultures and walks of life. She studied photography at The Rochester of Technology and Social Enterprise at American University. This is where Love 4 Immigrants was founded as a graduate capstone project out of the frustration of seeing immigrants being depicted in the media in untruthful and inhumane ways. In addition to creating Love 4 Immigrants, she is an educator with LearnServe International.

In this episode, Maribel and I discussed:

• Her baby project, Love 4 Immigrants, and the initiatives they rolled out over the past years
• Growing up in Brooklyn, a multi-cultural area, and how it shaped her worldview
• How her Columbian-Puerto Rican family background and living in New York helped her navigate different cultures
• Her parents' American dream for her
• Cultural pressures to do things a certain way and the expectations on women, on having family, and dating
• Challenges she encountered in her college life
• Social inequity that permeates in US society
• The struggle of integrating herself culturally with others and the things she is passionate about
• Advice for new and aspiring immigrants

Connect with Maribel Rodriguez here: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribel-rodriguez-717a3461/

Website: https://love4immigrants.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/love4immigrants/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/love4immigrants/

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Check out the previous episodes of The Immigrant Experience in America here: http://thedreamacademy.us/podcast/

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