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Thousands of immigrants will identify with my story. I was born in the northeast of Brazil and raised in a small countryside town of Bahia state. My father was a physician and a Baptist pastor. My mother was a nurse. I was the third child in a family with five children—three girls and two boys. After my father’s death, our family moved to the capital of Bahia, a city called Salvador, where I finished my education as a bilingual secretary and later got my degree as a lawyer at the Federal University of Bahia. In 1990 the economic situation in Brazil was very bad and I struggled to survive as a single parent. My sisters moved to the United States to continue their education and my mother, who I relied on for help with my son, left Brazil to be near my sisters. My dreams of a better life—a better education for my son, improved financial situation for our family and a chance to be closer to my mother and sisters—pushed me to close this chapter of my life in Brazil, abandon my profession and move to the United States. Lisione Carvalho da Silva is a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey, and the PW Enabler for Newark Presbytery. Learn about the challenges and joys that Lisione faced when she moved
to the United States. Read the full text of this article in the July/August
2004 issue of Horizons. Call 800/524-2612 |
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