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So, I’ve been dreading writing this thread for a while but here we go: I am leaving the US today because my application didn’t get selected in the H-1B (work) visa lottery. After five years and hundreds of memories, I’m saying g’bye to America. 1/
I’m sad and a little bit stressed but overall quite thankful for the time I got to spend here. These have been, so far, the best years of my life. And that’s all thanks to the people I got to meet in this country. 2/
I will be forever grateful and honored to have met and worked with my professors, friends and classmates at @MedillSchool @NorthwesternU and @thedailynu, as well as my colleagues, friends and mentors at the @nytimes, @WSJ, @Politicsinsider and @TexasTribune. 3/
I don’t even have the words to explain how great the @washingtonpost has been to me in the last six months. Working on the D202 with @jameshohmann and @joanegreve has been such a great experience. This is the type of job a journalism/history/politics nerd like me dreams of. 4/
And listen, I’m not going to pretend life in the last few years hasn’t been rocky. For periods of time, I wondered what I, a female Salvadoran-Mexican reporter, was doing here. So many days were full of tears and frustration. But so many more were full of wonder and hope. 5/
And that was bc of the Americans (and fellow non-Americans) I met here who every day gave a little bit of themselves to make me feel welcomed. The US gave me two college degrees, work experience & bragging rights about having lived in Chicago/DC/NYC. It even gave me a dog. 6/
But none of that will ever matter as much as the people this country gave me. They all made life here a dream, and I’ll miss them so much. So thank you, America, for the last five years. It was a pleasure and an honor. I can’t say I didn’t give you my best shot. 7/7
ps: I’ll still be writing for the D202 because my newspaper is the best one in the world so don’t think I’m running away from US politics. Also, if anyone has CDMX recs lmk because I am ready to go back to eating the real deal tacos 24/7.
