Category: Voices

Luke Supena, a freshman at the University of Minnesota, is majoring in political science and hopes to pursue a career in immigration law. His mother was born and raised in Panite, and his father was raised in Mindanao. Luke was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. in 2014.

Sophia Schliem-Guzman is a third-year student majoring in psychology and Chicano-Latino Studies who does advocacy work at Mujeres de Activas En Letras Y Cambio Social.

Sofia Esparza is a third-year student at the University of Minnesota studying journalism and Spanish. She was born and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and her father is from Monterrey, Mexico.

Isac Rivera Robledo is a first-generation immigrant who recently began taking classes at the University of Minnesota after a seven year break from college thanks to financial assistance from the state’s North Star Promise. Rivera Robledo is a Mexican-American who immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was two years old.

Amy Nguyen is a senior at the University of Minnesota studying journalism. Her parents immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam in the early 2000s.

Michael Sandler, 19, is a second-year civil engineering student. His parents immigrated separately from St. Petersburg, Russia in their teens.

Angelika Mehes is a fourth year student studying Graphic Design. She is from Minnesota and both of her parents immigrated from Ukraine.

University of Minnesota first-year Jonathan Trey Hoang is the youngest of seven siblings and a member of Vietnamese Student Association (VSAM).

Meet some of the University of Minnesota students who are born to Immigrants