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NameNoemie
Genderfemale
Country of OriginUnited States
Destination CountrySwitzerland

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s-1 I was born in Paris, France — my dad is French and American, my mom is Swiss, American, French and she's of Haitian descent.
s-2 So I had a bit of a link to Switzerland but I had never lived here before moving to Geneva.
s-3 When I was born my family was based in Croatia, and we later moved to Serbia and New York before coming to Switzerland.
s-4 I was young but I have a few memories of my time in Serbia; there was a huge garden that I used to love running around in, and I also remember the time when the Serbian Princess came to my school.
s-5 After leaving Serbia we went to New York for four years; I was in school, I used to go to the theatre after school sometimes and I could go into the city to hang out with my friends.
s-6 We would go to museums and do all kinds of different activities — sightseeing, biking around Central Park and ice skating were some of my favorite hobbies.
s-7 Ive only been in Switzerland for a year, since 2016, so Im still discovering the city.
s-8 Migration means moving, adapting to new places, and becoming more cultured, because of all the different experiences you go through.
s-9 I would apply the term migrant to myself because Ive moved around a lot, and I feel like Ive become quite flexible and open-minded because of it, but Ive realized that I cant really set my roots down in one place.
s-10 If I make a really good friend, we can be friends for four years or maybe a bit more, but after that I know that Im going to move on so its a bit hard to have a grounded friendship.
s-11 I go to an international school here in Geneva, and I know that many of the people around me will end up leaving too so I have to make many different friends.
s-12 But Im an extrovert and Im quite social so its not too hard, but I always try to make the most of the friendships that I do have.
s-13 All the different technologies available also make it easier for me to keep in touch with people after they leave or after I do.
s-14 Home is a place you can go to feel safe, and you have friends and family there.
s-15 Even though Ive moved, I still think New York is home — I miss the liveliness and the diversity there.
s-16 You could see everything in one day, all kinds of different things and people, and I miss the skyscrapers too.
s-17 I need to experience Geneva more and get to know my classmates better to feel more settled here because Im still quite new.
s-18 Theres a positive side and a negative side to migration: the negative side is that its hard to make friendships that will last forever because you know youre going to move.
s-19 The positive part is that you become more cultured and enriched by the experience, and hopefully you can pay that forward wherever you go next.

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