"We Are Going To Disney World" with Melissa Alves - Peru (English)

Welcome to episode 15 of The American Dream in The Eyes of Immigrants Podcast; I am your host, Heidy De La Cruz. Today’s guest is Melissa Alves – she came to the US at age five from Peru. We talked about her first memories of the US – when she first arrived, she remembers waiting a long time in a station wagon at a gas station for her uncle to pick them up. And she remembers crying every day because she didn’t want to go to school because she didn’t understand the language. We also talked about her visit to Peru after moving to the US – years later. Toward the end of our talk, I asked Melissa to provide one piece of advice to someone who may be thinking of moving to the US, and I mentioned the podcast had been listened to in 14 different countries; that number has increased to over 70 countries! So, I want to take the time right now to thank YOU for making this happen, all the listeners and for sharing the podcast, and for supporting it. This wouldn’t have happened without YOU!! THANK YOU!!! If you are interested in joining one of Melissa’s social mixers, please connect with her on Facebook. Here is the link - https://www.facebook.com/Melis.M.Alves Connect with Heidy - https://www.instagram.com/heidy.delacruz13/ If you or someone you know would like to share their immigration story, please send me a message on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review of the show - this will help the show reach more listeners. Thank you. Stay up to date with new episode information sent to your email - sign up for the podcast newsletter here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.