Growing Up an American Immigrant

A journey on discovering what being an American means

I’m an American through and through. English is my native tongue and it’s the language I think and dream in. I’m a citizen — even though I didn’t become one until the third grade — and have the Pledge of Allegiance and Star-Spangled Banner etched in the front of my brain for life.

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I work in Finance by day, write and sing by night, along with all the other projects happening in my life. Cat mom. She/her. Creator/Editor of Lean In.

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Liya Khaimova

I work in Finance by day, write and sing by night, along with all the other projects happening in my life. Cat mom. She/her. Creator/Editor of Lean In.