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Coming to America Julia Karet's ESL students at Chaffey Community College in California wrote these stories about the challenges and struggles of starting life over in a new country. They first published their stories in a booklet called Friends from Around the World, a Look Book Project. They are now sharing them with the readers of TOPICS. My Most Difficult Experience Maximina Torres from Mexico Coming to America Tina Ho from Vietnam     New Horizons María Gutierrez from Mexico   Coming to America Yuki Suto from Japan     Coming to Study in the U.S. Franck T. Kabundi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo   War in My Country Leon Ilunga from the Democratic Republic of the Congo   Unforgettable Early Days Nguyet-Hong Nguyen from Vietnam My Arrival in the U.S. Mr. Huu from Vietnam   My First English Words Kitsanee Homchan from Thailand Trying to Immigrate Hung Cao from Vietnam Meet the teacher, Julia Karet, creater of the Look Book Project. Photos for this project were taken by Andreas Bauer, ESL student tutor. Read more stories by other students who participated in a Look Book writing project: Experiences That Changed Our Lives. Return to: Issue 16 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine ©1997-2009 - topics. mag@gmail.com - Sandy and Thomas Peters