A Brief Summary Of A Neighborhood Interview

I interviewed Salado Mohamed who is a student at St. Cloud State University. She is a third year student, and is studying social work. Salado has many siblings who are all still living in her home country of Kenya. She believes that her siblings wouldn’t move to another country, because her parents are so strict. I asked Salado if she thought her living situation would be different if she didn’t have any siblings; she said that that had never crossed her mind, but she doesn’t think it would have made a difference.
When her grandparents were younger they lived in Somalia, and they ended up being forced out of the country due to genocide going on. The tribe Salado’s grandparents belonged to were being killed off and they were told to leave their land. Her grandparents then …show more content…
She decided to come to America because she wanted freedom, somewhere she could live without anyone forcing her to do something she didn’t want to do. By coming to America when she did, Salado escaped an arranged marriage in Kenya. She also wanted a place to call home, and her own. Her parents had their home in Kenya, but they are well aware that they may be asked to leave the country at any time. Her first week after coming to America, Salado found a job in Alabama. She ended up becoming ill from not eating, and she was actually fired from her first job because she fainted while working. She was worried about how she was going to get back on her feet after not being able to find a job in Alabama. She met a new friend through Facebook that lived in Chicago but when she thought about moving there she didn’t because she was afraid of moving there. The friend had a cousin that lived in Minnesota that was willing to help her out, picking her up from the airport and helping house her for the next few weeks through the cousin’s friends in Minneapolis. After her first paycheck, she then moved to Willmar,