Next Door Neighbors

Becoming American | Next Door Neighbors | NPT

Episode 9 | 29m 24s | Video has closed captioning.

BECOMING AMERICAN” shares the stories of four individuals who faced resettlement in the U.S. to escape the atrocities of war and the burden of poverty: Sisavanh Pouthavong Houghton, an MTSU Professor who barely escaped war-ravaged Laos as a young girl; Brendali Menjivar, who survived violence and poverty in El Salvador only to face betrayal and separation in her search for the American dream.