Alone at 18 in America: Barbara's Story - EPS #2
Barbara left Poland alone at 18 — no family in the U.S., barely speaking English, and no real plan beyond a plane ticket she'd saved up for through high school. In this conversation, she walks through what that actually looked like: surviving her first Chicago winter working multiple jobs, a police stop that turned into an unlikely lesson, learning English by drawing pictures at the grocery store, and eventually building a career in drug discovery — all while raising two sons and starting an MBA years into a career most people would already call successful.
It's a conversation about what ambition actually costs, and why she still wouldn't trade the hardest parts of it. Come to think of it.
Reasoning with Mustapha is a conversation-driven show exploring history, faith, culture, and personal experience — not to win an argument, but to understand a little more fully.
It's a conversation about what ambition actually costs, and why she still wouldn't trade the hardest parts of it. Come to think of it.
Reasoning with Mustapha is a conversation-driven show exploring history, faith, culture, and personal experience — not to win an argument, but to understand a little more fully.
