I think we are very happy people although we are living in another country. We are trying to make friends here because in Brazil we used to have many friends there and we miss that a lot. We like to talk, we like to make bar-b-ques in the weekend, so we are trying to do it here in the America. I know it’s hard because we don’t have many friends and we don’t have any family here, but we are trying to be more involved with things in America.
Juliana Sgobin De Boni was born in Brazil in 1973. In this interview, Juliana discusses her journey to the United States and recounts her experience and emotions of leaving her home, her family, and her friends behind. Her goal is to become more fluent in English. Improving her language skills will be the key to getting a job in the health profession as an audiologist. Juliana is attending English classes at the Notre Dame Educational Bridge Center, Worcester, MA. She currently lives in Shrewsbury, MA with her husband and her youngest son.