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Nadejda Stoyanova

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BIOGRAPHICAL/GEOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Nadejda Stoyanova came to America after communism fell in Europe. People were trying to leave the countries that had been communist because they wanted freedom. Nadejda came here for college because the colleges here are better than over in Bulgaria. She started with the usual steps of becoming a citizen by coming here on a student visa, and she later won a green card. After 9/11, she joined the US military, which sped up the process of becoming a citizen. She took the citizenship test and was sworn in like every immigrant that wants to become a citizen. She is really happy that she became a citizen and coming here was “the best thing that ever happened” to her.

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INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

 * Niky: ** Hello, I’m Niky and thank you for letting me interview you for my class project. What’s your full name?
 * Nadejda: ** My full name is Nadejda Lachezarova Stoyanova.
 * Niky: ** What do you think of American food?
 * Nadejda: ** Well, I have been here for twelve years now and I would have to say in the last twelve years I have seen a lot of improvement in food quality because people are a little more health conscious, but the first thing that struck me was unhealthy people ate here, how fattening the food was. When I first came here, I wore a size one in juniors. In a matter of three months, I jumped to size seven. That tells you the quality of the food and how my body wasn’t used to it. It took me a long time to lose that extra weight too. I try to watch what I eat now because there’s so much hidden sugar and fat. Eck. I don’t like hamburgers, definitely. [laughing]
 * Niky: ** How are the foods different?
 * Nadejda: ** People over there eat a lot more fresh fruits and vegetables. Here, if you don’t have meat on the table it’s pretty much not considered a meal where over there, you could go for days without serving meat and it’s considered perfectly fine. So, things that here are considered the side dish are considered the main dish course over there. It’s… That was one thing I had a hard time getting used to. Looking at my plate and there are three or four different things, and I’m thinking, “Well, I can make a meal out of just one.” Um, the main staple in Bulgaria is bread. [cough, cough, cough] Pardon me. You cannot sit down at the table without having bread on the table. You may not have anything else, but you have to have bread. That’s one of the biggest differences.
 * Niky: ** What was your favorite food like in Bulgaria?
 * Nadejda: ** I love French fries with shredded feta cheese on top! In Bulgaria when people go out to, let’s say a sports bar, they don’t order hot wings, they order French fries with feta cheese with their beer.
 * Niky: ** Thanks for your time. It’s been a lot of help.
 * Nadejda: ** Anytime.

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