Away From Home
“It wasn’t like a movie at all, I was just–I was there and then I was here.”
By Mahdia Tully Carr
As the daughter of an immigrant, I have always wondered what my father’s experience was like immigrating from Kenya to America. How did it shape him as a person? What perspectives are unique to his experience? In this episode, I sit down with him to uncover his family’s reasons for immigrating, his outlook on the whole process, and how he chooses to walk through the world because of it.
Mahdia is a senior at Repertory Company High School. She loves to read, write, sing, and perform— especially in her school's musical productions. In the future she hopes to perform on bigger stages, and in her down time she writes songs and draws.
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