Today on the podcast, I talk to Yulia Linhares. She came to the US from St.Petersburg, Russia over 20 years ago.  Yulia is an oncologist. She graduated University of Chapel Hill, N.C. She did her residency at UCLA and served the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Cedars-Sinai Center in Los Angeles. And now she is the Chief of the Lymphoma Service at Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida. Basically Yulia is a rockstar doctor. #HereToStay #ImmigrantsAreEssential #WeTheAliens <a href="http://www.wethealienspod.com">www.WeTheAliensPod.com</a> Follow us on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/wethealienspod/">Facebook</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/wethealienspod/">Instagram</a> and on Twitter @WeTheAliensPod Editing and mix: Damien Rowley.  Music: "My country" courtesy of Ben Bostick <a href="http://www.benbostick.com">www.benbostick.com</a>

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We The Aliens podcast hosts conversations with IMMIGRANTS from all over the world who came to the US and found their path to the American Dream. No matter what their status is - undocumented, DACA recipient, permanent resident (green card holder), naturalized citizen - all are welcome here. We talk about the challenges of leaving the home country, finding the legal path, finding a way to belong in the new world, building a career, finding love, and sustaining the family traditions. We talk about IMMIGRATION as a process of growth and self-discovery, adaptation, overcoming cultural shocks, and fighting racial and ethnic stereotypes. We talk about the great contributions that immigrants make to the American economy, culture, science, and society. We also feature stories of the first-gens, FIRST GENERATION American-born, the third culture kids, who have their own set of struggles growing in between the cultures of their parents' home country and America. We talk about their battle to find their identity and carve their path while redefining what American is. We talk about philosophy, psychology, culture, language, and history. We also talk about the news of the day, things that we all worry about. If you love NPR, This American Life, The Daily, and Pod Save America, if you read Forbes, LA Times, The Atlantic, and New York Times, if you watch John Oliver, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and/or Trevor Noah, if you are a Twitter and Clubhouse addict because you want to be closer to people, if you, your spouse, your parent, or your grandma is an immigrant-alien and you know that you and they came to this country to build, and you can't stand discrimination and belittling of their lives and contributions, - this podcast is for you.