The Dreamer Through the Nightmare

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location The Healing Journey  This week’s essay is by Osiris Grafals. She writes about coming to the U.S. illegally when she was a child and the hardships she faced because of being undocumented.  To listen to this story, click the play button above. My […]

The Healing Journey

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location The Healing Journey  This week’s essay is by Ramonita Cuba Almonte of Warwick, Rhode Island. She writes about how she turned the abuse she experienced into something positive to help others. To listen to this story, click the play button above. As a […]

One Step

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location One Step To listen to this story, click the play button above. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” – Lao Tzu I moved to the United States with my children in October, 2019 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. […]

The Secret of Chiqui Versace

In this special episode of Mosaic, our podcast on immigration, we introduce Chiqui Versace: a Rhode Island resident who came to the U.S. at 16, looking for work and hoping to support his family back in Colombia. He also came here to be his true self – to not have to hide anything about who he is. From the outside, Versace lived what appeared to be a normal life. For decades he was gainfully employed, paid taxes every year, and volunteered his time for charitable causes. But to stay here, to live the life he had always wanted to live, he had to carry a very big secret.

Memories of Abuelita

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location Memories of Abuelita To listen to this story, click the play button above. Karla Vallejos writes about her memories of her abuelita who she lived with in Honduras. I was born and raised in Honduras. In 2003, I came to the United States. […]

A New Life

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location A New Life To listen to this story, click the play button above. Mosaic is The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, which has a community essay series. This week’s essay is by Shuk Chun Yiu. She writes about her experience of making the […]

Giving Birth In Poland

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location Giving Birth in Poland   To listen to this story, click the play button above. The Public’s Radio’s podcast Mosaic has a series of community essays. This essay is by Maria Grzybacz of Cumberland, Rhode Island. Before coming to the U.S. she lived […]

Learning U.S. History

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location White peaches are done for the year Mosaic is The Public’s Radio podcast on immigration. Here is a community essay written for Mosaic called “Learning U.S. History.” The essay is by Young Bae, who is originally from the city of Seoul in South […]

White Peaches

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location White peaches are done for the year To listen to this story, click the play button above. The white peaches are done for the year. I’m lucky to live on the same street as Sunset Orchards, eighteen acres of apple and peach trees […]

A Vision of the Future

Mosaic Community Essays –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location –––– Ethnicity Location A Vision for the Future Mosaic is The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, which has a series of community essays. This one is by Ogalis Hernandez. She writes about why she signed her three boys up for English classes in the Dominican Republic […]