Life in the United States

Moving to the United States

"I am glad I moved to the United States. I miss my home, and I go back, but I like my friends here, my family, I started my family here so it's been a very good experience for me. I've had a lot of help and I knew the language when I first moved to that helped me."

Fitting in

"I wish people were a little bit more open sometimes and understood that a lot of people who come form other countries may sometimes have a different way of doing things or their traditions may be different, their body language may be different, they may not understand everything in the country they came to because they have to learn all those things so I think being open and understanding and asking questions may be helpful because some things are different in two cultures."

Starting a Family in America

"It has been great because my kids can embrace both cultures and have a dual-citizenship so they have traditions from two countries and are able to speak both languages. I like sharing my culture with them and I think its good for them." The photograph on the left is of Marta's two kids visiting Poland.

Embracing Polish Culture

In the United States, Marta works at a Polish school. The school's mission is to educate and foster values that promote Polish vitality, culture, tradition, and language. This program's pedagogy encourages students to be proud Polish-Americans. The school not only teaches kids to speak and read, but discover the great things about Polish language, history, and traditions. Marta also has a tour business that she started in 2014. When she was teaching her classes, adults who took her class always had questions about the history of Poland, and someone once told her, "maybe someday you can take us to Poland." From then on, she started organizing the tours, and her first one was in 2015. There is one tour each year. She takes people on a tour for two weeks touring the cities talking about Polish customs, food, and traditions.

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