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When your dreams conflict with your parents' immigration sacrifices

My parents sacrificed everything to bring me to this country and now I want to move back to their homeland but I know it will break their hearts.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of intergenerational sacrifice creates impossible choices between personal fulfillment and familial duty.

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“Where Are You with Immigration and identity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.