Some folks become lawyers because it is a profession that runs in the family, others find their way into the legal field through a different path. Byron Abraham Suarez, Deputy District Attorney for the County of Santa Clara, remembers that he and his sister served as translators for their parents, like many immigrant children, both even trying to explain contracts and ... Read More »
Carl, my Grandfather, passed away on March 14, 2015. Before then he would always tell me stories of great wisdom and symbolism. Though it wasn’t until I was older that I realized how incredible his own life story was and how it connected to these intricate tales I heard growing up. Grandpa was always a wise and honorable man, although ... Read More »
Morrie’s early years were gruesome and filled with fear, but they shaped a man who taught his son to stand down for nothing and stand up for everything. It wasn’t something you see often. Nazi soldiers flooding the streets as Polish residents were called out, manhandled, and forced to their knees. The air was thick with crackling tension, only broken ... Read More »
Vanessa tells her family immigration story from Mexico and the value she places on education. Her father was a miner in Bishop, CA. Read More »
Patricia is an immigration lawyer who shares her own family immigration story and the way her life has come full circle. Read More »
My mother immigrated to the United States from France when she was 20. She had visited Boston two years before, with her aunt (a Parisian botanist who had won a Fulbright Scholarship), and had met my father (a Harvard College pre-med), and they had fallen in love. He came to visit her in France the next summer, and she came ... Read More »