"When I first started at the school I was enrolled in a bilingual program which wasn't very helpful because it was half Cantonese, half English and I only spoke Mandarin."
(All music in this piece composed by Lei Liang, Soros Fellow class of 2002)
"When I first started at the school I was enrolled in a bilingual program which wasn't very helpful because it was half Cantonese, half English and I only spoke Mandarin."
(All music in this piece composed by Lei Liang, Soros Fellow class of 2002)
"I feel so privileged to live in a country that gives its citizens artistic freedom, the freedom to express our ideas and beliefs."
(All music in this piece performed by Elizabeth Joy Roe)
"The immigrant population in the United States, deeply poor, extremely vulnerable...one of the neediest populations that exists in this country. People who deeply need help."
"My intention, at least on some level, was to do rule of law work in countries similar to the ones where I had grown up...where there were no functioning legal systems. 9/11 happened and, of course, that changed everything."
(All music in this piece composed by Paola Prestini, Soros Fellow class of 1999)
The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The Program is established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family.
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