Refugee Mentor Report

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The last refugee mentor (interviewee III) interviewed was on the second day during the collage activity. For this activity, the students were asked to find images of what was meaningful, valued, and of interest to them. This student chose pictures of farming, farming equipment and tools, animals, books, food (rice, fruit, fish), and mountains. When probed to speak further on why he chose these pictures of this activity he explained his life in America compared to in Burma. The selected image of nature represents the many large mountains, greenery, and waterways from life in his home country and refugee camp. He expressed the differentiation of the outdoors context as Minnesota doesn’t have mountains, nor resembles the scenery and vast mountains

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