Modern Immigrant

How Is Coronavirus Impacting Immigrants?

Mar 27, 2020 Season 1 Episode 13

Vero

Listen to these two amazing short stories in this episode:

Verena, originally from Germany is currently in Portugal. Living during the pandemic while away from family and friends and, facing uncertainty she shares some ideas on what’s helping her so far . Follow her advice and have a glass of wine tonight with a friend (virtually) that you haven’t seen in a while since you left your home/country.

Emi was raised in Taiwan and is currently living in LA. We talk about filtering the information we receive (do not believe in everything you get on a WhatsApp group) to protect our family and our mental health during these scary times. We talk about discrimination and racism regarding this virus and how countries deal with pandemic in such different ways.

Please share with others so we can all feel connected, you are not alone.