Beyond the Numbers

Issues around immigration are all over the news these days. But what about women- how do they experience immigration? What are the narratives of struggle and strength of women in immigrant communities? How do those experiences connect to women students at Duke? Through family home-stays, participation in a local women's conference, and volunteering at a community-based organization, a group of Duke undergrads learned first hand from the experiences of young women in low-income, immigrant, and farmworker communities in Apopka, Florida.