Every human, every New Yorker, every new American has a story about New York or how they came to New York. 

On this page, you can experience some of these stories for yourself. 

Each story and video here is written or filmed from the perspective of one member of the Andrew Romay New Immigrant Center of the English-Speaking Union. Stories, essays and poems were created in our special English as a Second Language classes: Writing Skills class, taught by Angela Wilkins, and English Through Printed Media, taught by Robert Speziale.

All video submissions were filmed, edited and produced by ARNIC members who have experience in documentary filmmaking. Our volunteer, a freelance videographer, Scott Luxor provided support for all video projects.
English in Action
Andrew Romay
New Immigrant Center
IMMIGRANT STORIES
Adrian Munoz
Adrian. Budare
Ahed Festuk
Aissatou
Alex
Alpha Oumar Diallo
Andrew Lin
Andrew Romay (1922 - 2017)
Angelica Gonzalez Lopez
Angelika / Blini pan
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Aplha Oumar Diallo
Aung Phyo Kyaw
Aye Aung
Aziza
Aziza. My Mother’s Cookies
Brasco
Cho Cho
Diana Rojas
Dieudonne
Dorelle Mboungou
Dulal
Ekaterina
Elena Adasheva Klein
Elena Adasheva
Eleonora
Eliana
Elinara
Emilio Pena
Falonne Beljuby Billy Dembi
Falonne Beljuby Billy Dembi
Felix Fernandez
Fereshteh
Gyde
Hanmi Lim
Helen
Helen
Helphdgine Dalexis
Hina Hussein
Htay
Htay / Clutch bag
Idalmy Leo
Ina
Indira Laktaeva
Indira Laktaeva
Inna
Irina Alekseeva
Irina. Bread and Salt
Istina Tsoukou Mbaya
Jorge Colorado
Josefina Rosario
Katsiaryna Tutayeva
Khin Thandar Aung
Luiza Sabirova
Maksym
Mamadou Lamarana Bah
Maria Del Mar Gongora Valencia
Mariam Cessouma
Mariam Cessouma
Martina du Rietz
Martina. Kalles Fish Roe Spread
Max Quinde
Natalia Omelchenko
Natalie
Nathalie Rios
Nick Starichenko
Nordi
Norman Valdez
Olga Roik
Patricia Chicaiza
Raul
Raul
Roman Nykolaichuk
Ruslan. Credit Cards
Rustik Urmanshin
Saran Berete Doumbouya
Saran Berete Doumbouya
Serge Bernard
So Yeong
Sofia Hrosko
Soheila
Soodabeh Saiednia
Stephnie Dalexis
Ubi
Val Balano
Vanessa
Vanessa / Coffee
Vitalii Egorov
Vladimir Mukotaev
Volha Lipunova
Xiao Yang
Xiao. Fan
Yaroslav
Yevgen Arkhypov
Younoussa Camara
Yulia Bulgakova
Yuliia
Yuliia / Vyshyvanka Dress