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Records an interview with Paloma Saucedo, who emigrated to Greenville, Virginia from Saltillo, Mexico, with her then-husband at the age of twenty. Describes childhood, cultural traditions and protocols, and ancestors. Topics discussed include cultural adaptation, collectivist and individualist cultures, and xenophobia. Saucedo recounts the decision to emigrate to the United States and the experience of acclimating to rural Virginia. Discusses the birth of her daughter, the September 11 attacks, attitudes toward immigrants, and returning to Mexico. Describes moving to Waynesboro from Mexico and the birth of her second daughter. Includes references to experience as an undocumented immigrant and permanent resident. Saucedo also comments on her university experience, bilingual education, Blue Ridge Community College education, and administrative work at a hospital. Discusses move to Harrisonburg, political and civic engagement, naturalization, and citizenship. Describes experience as Executive Director of the Valley AIDS Network and innovating the food pantry to serve the community. Describes operating an inclusive childcare center, Arcoiris Day Care, that centers social and environmental justice and anti-racist education. Recounts planning Spanish language public programming, children's services, and collection development for the Waynesboro Public Library. Describes community organizing in Harrisonburg and running for Harrisonburg City Council in 2018. Discusses gender identity, perspectives on early childhood education, teaching English in Mexico, and community.

Records the reminiscences of Zee Alkhater, an immigrant from Iraq who fled to Syria, emigrating nine years later, on July 29, 2012, from Syria to Modesto, California. Alkhater relocated to Woodbridge, Virginia, and eventually settled with her two children in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Discusses her experience living in Harrisonburg, xenophobia, Bachelor's degree, and foreign education evaluation in the United States. Describes support for immigrants in Harrisonburg, resilience, culture, intimate community relations in Syrian culture, and hopes for better cultural representation in Harrisonburg. Alkhater also comments on plans to visit Syria with her children. Topics discussed include cultural adaptation, maintenance of home culture, and the challenge of sustaining one's native language and culture with children. Alkhater discloses her experience with violence in Syria and the birth of her two children amid the Syrian civil war. Alkhater also discusses her work as an animation writer in Syria and her aspirations to become a novelist. Finally, Alkhater reflects on what has helped her through hardship and the lessons her experience has taught her.