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The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

Jul 29, 2026

I recently sat down with Sharon Thompson and Dr. Sharon Reid on the Speak Harmony Podcast to talk about something most of us carry quietly — the self we translate away just to feel acceptable in a new place.

We got into what "lost in translation" actually means. It is not the word that gets lost. It is the self. The...


Jul 15, 2026

In this episode of The Immigrant Experience in America, Simone W. Johnson-Smith joins Rosa Bel and the Cafecito Cultural community of educators for a conversation on what actually gets lost when we cross a border: "Are You Lost in Translation? How Culture Shock Shapes the Core of Our Identities."

Drawing from her own...