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Mayela (Mexico): Welcome and Unwelcome
16 minutes Posted Aug 1, 2022 at 6:00 am.
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In this episode, a young Mexican woman, a university graduate and marketing executive, wrestles with feeling welcome and unwelcome, free and lonely. This immigrant's experience shows the power of words—and the prejudice behind them—to hurt. Is her faith in the American dream for people like her naïve? Support the show