Migration may be challenging, but there are also many benefits. Mr. Nyomi shared that “At some point along the way, it began to feel normal, and you really got used to it”. He had to adjust to new neighborhoods, new houses, new friends, new schools, and even new rules! Of course, these changes are a lot to handle. In each school, the interactions between student and teacher were really different. In one school kids were formal and polite, while in another some students were talking to their teachers like best friends. Mr. Nyomi had to learn about how people interacted in each new school and place. He explained being very happy and grateful for these new experiences and the impact these migrations had on him. Mr. Nyomi shared that he learned how to interact with other people from different countries and this helped him grow as a person.

He once said that there were many bumps on the way, especially with assumptions about him and sometimes he even experienced discrimination. For example, he talked about a time when the keys to his bike were stolen. This happened when he forgot to lock his bike while he was picking up his son from the kindergarten. When he was carrying his bike home , and a stranger asked him if he had stolen the bike. This was not only asked because of the strange way he had to carry a locked bike, but also because people made assumptions when they saw a black man carrying a locked bike. The stranger thought negatively without trying to find out more about the situation. It is important to learn how to deal with these situations, because as a black man Mr. Nyomi comes across people who have assumptions about him. Since he migrated a lot and learned intercultural skills he is able to deal with these people.