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Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing, 2017 April 4

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This oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing was conducted by Sankar Raman on April 4, 2017. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Ginshing discusses her early life in a camp for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. She then talks about immigrating to the United States with her family at the age of 9, and settling in Idaho. She talks about her elementary school education in Idaho and about learning English as a second language; the reasons for her family’s move to Portland, Oregon; and her high school education in Portland, including taking Advanced Placement classes and her extracurricular activities. She talks about her interest in Nepali culture; applying for college; and her plans to become a nurse. She closes the interview by discussing her cultural and ethnic identity; the dangerous conditions for women and girls in Nepal; and her most challenging high school classes.

Dates

  • Creation: 2017 April 4

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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 22.2 Megabytes (1 online resource (1 audio file (48 min., 27 sec.))) : MPEG-4

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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