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Immigrants: Their Story
Get beyond the statistics to understand the journeys that brought immigrants to Minnesota.  Read the stories of immigrants from Liberia, Somali, Laos, Mexico and Ethiopia.

Selamwit Adeda, ETHIOPIA
Selamawit Adeda is a refugee who fled religious persecution in Ethopia.   Read about her journey and adjustment to Minnesota and take a quiz to test your comprehension.

Lo Her, LAOS
Lo Her is a refugee from Laos.   Read about her journey and adjustment to Minnesota and take a quiz to test your comprehension.

Jeffrey Sirleaf, LIBERIA
Jeffrey Sirleaf is a refugee who fled civil war in Liberia.  He spent two years in a refugee camp in the Ivory Coast before joining his aunt in Minnesota.   Read about his journey and adjustment to Minnesota and take a quiz to test your comprehension.

Fatiya Abdullahi, SOMALIA
Fatiya Abdullahi is a refugee who fled civil war in Somali.  She lived for seven years in a refugee camp in Kenya before being resettled in Minnesota   Read about her journey and adjustment to Minnesota and take a quiz to test your comprehension.

Maria Hernandez, MEXICO
Maria Hernandez is an immigrant who worked as an agricultural migrant worker before receiving amnesty in the early 1990's.   Read about her journey and adjustment to Minnesota and take a quiz to test your comprehension.

Teacher's Guide

Suggestions for activities using the Immigrant Stories.


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