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Hi all! I'm a Phd Candidate in anthropology, studying the physical effects of stress in childhood and stress involved in living as a recent immigrant in the US.
I'm also a cellist and a (bad) gardener. I use R for my statistical and graphic purposes.
Je parle français et/y hablo español
Nice to meet you all!
@eholdsie Your area of study sounds very interesting. Do you find that immigrants share a lot of the same struggles?
@stringlytyped yes and no. There’s a lot of individual variation - some people just take things in stride. But so far a lot of what I’m seeing is that struggles are shaped by poverty and location (ie rural vs urban), which are also strongly influenced by documented status. Still conducting interviews so we’ll see.
@eholdsie My parents immigrated to Canada when I was a baby, so I've seen first hand how different people handle the situation differently. My father, aunt and uncle all settled in Canada quite happily (although it was very difficult in the beginning), while my mother couldn't handle being away from her country and her family. Ultimately, she moved back.