MIGRATION OF MY FAMILY

LESCHUK

• Moved from Ukraine roughly after WWII
• Great grandmother moved to Canada
• 3rd generation born in Canada
• Grandpa was the mayor of Earfalls

D'ALOIA

• Moved from Italy in 1971
• Grandparents were first people here
• 2nd generation of family here
• Looking for opportunity

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PULL FACTORS OF MOVING TO CANADA

• Get away from war and disease
• Better opportunities
• Better paying jobs
• Better opportunity for their children

PUSH FACTORS OF MOVING TO CANADA

• Usually not all family members could come to the ameirca's
• Very expensive
• Hard to start a new life in somewhere completely different
• Would loose everything
• Language and cultural differences (discrimination)

HOW I CAME TO AZ

• Forced migration
• My dad was in the solar industry
• Started a solar company in AZ
• Moved from Canada in december 2011