Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing

Collection

Identifier: SR12254

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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

Creator

Ginshing, Anisha, 1999- (Interviewee, Person)
Raman, Sankar (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Biographical note

Anisha Ginshing was born in a camp for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal in 1999. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 2008, and they first settled in Idaho. A few years later, her family moved to Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Parkrose High School in 2016, and attended Portland Community College. As of 2017, she planned to transfer to Oregon Health & Science University and major in nursing.

Extent

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

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing conducted by Sankar Raman on April 4, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Ginshing was a refugee from Bhutan and immigrated to the United States with her family in 2008.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of The Immigrant Story, 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-017).

Publication note

An article about Anisha Ginshing, "Making Her Family Proud" by Anaga Srinivas, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at https://theimmigrantstory.org/making-family-proud/