My disrupted upbringing

Most of us grow up in the same country and may live in the same setting but still can feel like we’re ‘other.’ Not feeling like we belong is very common among teenagers, but a seventeen year old girl from Congo shares her story. Her personal account expresses just how unsettling it can be to grow up apart from your family, in different places.

“I wish one day I could come home from college to my family.”

Journalist: Nandini Uppluri

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