Made Into America: Immigrant Stories Archive

Amrutha was born in a small village in Karnataka state in South India.  She was the fifth of seven siblings.  While growing up she always admired the local doctor, and long story short, became a physician, the first in her family to attend college.  She married, and had a son named Ravi Chandra. Amrutha and Ravi immigrated to the US, ... Read More »

Veronica Tincher’s parents, Gabor and Ann Szego were Hungarian Jews.  Her mother was born in Budapest and her father came from a smaller town, Kunhegyes. Gabor Szego, her father was a bright mathematician and professor in Hungary. Both were very accomplished – her mother a successful doctor of Chemistry, writer, and interpreter in more than three languages and her father finishing his PhD in ... Read More »