Real People. Real Lives: Meet Anna Marie, from the Philippines
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Real People. Real Lives, a NWNY photo exhibit on immigrant women, we are looking back to some of the participants’ stories. The exhibit featured photographs of 16 women in iconic NYC spots and neighborhoods by Dru Blumensheid. The portraits, along with audio recorded interviews, show a nuanced and multi-layered picture of the immigrant women who make NYC their home, the barriers and isolation they experience, as well the hopes, dreams and talents they bring with them.
This month, meet Anna Marie, from the Philippines. She came to the US to pursue her graduate studies in International Relations inspired by her parents, specially by her father. He was a butler working in embassies outside Philippines who dreamed of sending his daughter to study in New York. Check out below her pictures and full audio interview.
Photograph by Dru Blumensheid Photograph by Dru Blumensheid Photograph by Dru Blumensheid
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