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everything happened in Afghanistan . I

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took it personally . I felt the pain of

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women and kids and anybody . Even the

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folks out there , I saw how desperate

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and hopeless they are . I just want to

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be a part of your with them and we are

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here to help them out . I'm calendar

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funny . I'm a linguist dona ana village .

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I moved to Jersey because I had a

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school visa and then I went to New

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Jersey and I went to my close to

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university . I did my master there took

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me about three years . So the first

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year everything was just culture shock .

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When I landed in JFK I couldn't speak ,

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I knew english when people like talking

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to me , I couldn't like answer , I was

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like culture shock for a week . I was

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just looking observing and it took me a

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year . Everything is so different . I

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thought I landed on another planet .

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It's not earth people look different

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people talk different people eat

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different , dressed up , different act

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different .

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I was looking for a reason when I saw

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in the news and all the craziness that

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was going on , I was looking to find a

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way to help them out . I was trying to

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look for organizations to even the

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money or like physical if they need

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like me somewhere and I didn't know

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about like translating situation , how

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it works and I know they go through

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like third parties and companies , but

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then once I found a way to I can be

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present in texas and just be with them ,

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be among the females and kids and try

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to give them a smile . I was like

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that's what they need to see and just

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give them in the hope . That's the

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thing that they need . I didn't get the

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chance to be surrounded by great people

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like here that they get to have classes ,

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they get to be among the people . I

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kind of got thrown away from my family ,

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friends and I didn't know anybody here

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know friends and family . So all I knew

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was english , I just went through

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stages step by step and just , it took

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almost two years to be comfortable . I

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had to learn the process of legal

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situation , driving license , how to

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shop , what to eat . I had to go to

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like stores and just trying to google

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things because Everything is so

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different , they taste different . So

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it's been quite a bit of journey . I

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made my six years here but it felt like

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10 years , I did so much . I start

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traveling just to learn and meet new

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people because I was like if I'm gonna

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be in Jersey , I won't be able to see

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the whole America