Send us a text When Yumna "Yumi" Yassin left Damascus at age 13, she had no idea what life in Alabama would hold. From learning English and building friendships to navigating faith, identity, and belonging as a Muslim woman in the South. Her story is one of courage, reflection, and heart. In this episode of From Where to Here, host Alexandra Lloyd sits down with Yumi to explore: What it felt like to move from Syria to the U.S. during the warHow she found her voice learning a new languageThe e...
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Send us a text When Yumna "Yumi" Yassin left Damascus at age 13, she had no idea what life in Alabama would hold. From learning English and building friendships to navigating faith, identity, and belonging as a Muslim woman in the South. Her story is one of courage, reflection, and heart. In this episode of From Where to Here, host Alexandra Lloyd sits down with Yumi to explore: What it felt like to move from Syria to the U.S. during the warHow she found her voice learning a new languageThe e...
E10 How One Colombian Woman Built Two Lives Across 2 Countries
From Where to Here
1 hour 2 minutes
3 months ago
E10 How One Colombian Woman Built Two Lives Across 2 Countries
Send us a text Join us for an intimate conversation with Juliana Madrid, a Colombian business operations director who transformed a simple dream of perfecting her English into a beautiful cross-cultural love story. Discover how she navigated building relationships, career success, and family traditions while bridging two very different worlds. Her honest insights about cultural stereotypes, the reality of immigrant life, and creating "home" in multiple countries will inspire anyone considerin...
From Where to Here
Send us a text When Yumna "Yumi" Yassin left Damascus at age 13, she had no idea what life in Alabama would hold. From learning English and building friendships to navigating faith, identity, and belonging as a Muslim woman in the South. Her story is one of courage, reflection, and heart. In this episode of From Where to Here, host Alexandra Lloyd sits down with Yumi to explore: What it felt like to move from Syria to the U.S. during the warHow she found her voice learning a new languageThe e...
