The Struggle

Interview

Name: Fayola
Age: 37
Country of Origin: Libya
Occupation: Works in WaMu Bank in Downtown

Why the Journey:
Fayola mentioned that in a way she enjoyed living in Libya because of its beautiful capital, but it was not enough. In fact she hated that Libya had unfair trials. Her father was accused of murdering a man from the neighborhood. Obviously she knew that her father was innocent from this murder. Yet, it took the judge 5 years later to find out that her father was not ther murder of the man. He was then freed and came back home with his daughter, since at the time her mother had passed away she was living with her aunt. Finally a fed up 17 year old wanted to leave their home land and come to America. They ended up sneaking in a boat making shipment to America, to finally get on took them three tries. Fayola and her father made it seemed they where part of the working crew. When the shipmen finally knew they were not part of them, it was to late they had arrived to Florida. They had some cousins living in Florida and they were allowed to stay until they setteled in the U.S. She was now 18 years old and no job like her father. Her father got a job at first in a family dollar store and managed to get her daughter in 5 months later. They both ended up saving most of their money. About three years later they had enough to move to Chicago because they heard about better opportunities there. Once there they had a little apartment and she was lucky enough to find a job in a bank. From there she ended up in a downtown's bank. That became her permanent job till this day. Now her father and Fayola live the happy American life.