Immigrant Stories: Elizabeth Monarrez Maria Elizabeth Monarrez was born in a little town in Durango, Mexico which is where most of her family still lives today. In Mexico, she had…

Immigrant Stories: Juanita Garza Meet Juanita Garza. She is from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. After being raised in, getting married and starting a family in Nuevo Laredo, Juanita did not expect…

Immigrant Stories: Yazmín García Meet Yazmín García, known by friends and family as Yaz. She and her family are from Monterrey, Mexico, where she worked as a chemist in a…

Immigrant Stories: Joel Nava Joel Nava, who was born in 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico, grew up in a big family with 10 siblings.  Joel attended the Instituto Politecnico Nacional,…

Congratulations to Angela Suarez, U.S. Citizen! Angela Suarez had given up much to move to the United States in 2014.  As a young educated professional in her native Colombia, she…

Immigrant Stories: Nara Vera Nara (right) working with a fellow student to learn new vocabulary and the verb “to be” during an early summer 2022 Conversational English class at BIIN.…