Finding work and loneliness in a new country.

Exile in Nepal.

Soon after a person dies, a high religious teacher performs 'Phowa'.

Tibetan Home School Liaison for the Minneapolis School District.

Co-founder of the Tibetan American Foundation to aid refugees.

Assimilation: Not a pure black and white issue.

Preservation of your language is a political statement you are making.

Wherever we go there's 'R' written on our forehead – 'Refugee'.

Too many cultures, too many different influences.

Since we aren’t sure of preserving our culture in our own country, we can try and preserve it outside our country.

Festival celebrations: Very hard without a community.

We can’t see our family.

People don’t have the time here.

The change of culture was striking to this son.

We have a lot of delinquency problems with the youth over here.

There are few families who will stay Tibetan families.

Here in Minnesota, you are all the time encouraged to be only thinking money.

A lot of opportunity, if you are willing to work hard.

Law is one field which can come in very helpful to the Tibetan community.

Parents strive strongly to make sure their children have all the opportunities that they didn’t.