ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – From Zimbabwe to Albuquerque. A mother and her five children moved to New Mexico, and as you can imagine, there was culture shock, a language barrier, and a lot of changes to adapt to. That’s why starting next year, Albuquerque Public Schools will open International High School to help refugee and immigrant families.
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“She says she’s happy the way she came here in USA with her kids,” said Chantal Kwizera, translating for her mother, Christine Kwizera.
Christine Kwizera is from Burundi. She spent 20 years at a refugee camp in Zimbabwe which is a typical wait to get accepted to resettle in the U.S. In 2023, her dream of bringing her five kids to America finally came true. “Because she lived in a camp in Zimbabwe for too long, and it was not easy for her, sometimes, like we don’t have food to eat,” said Chantal Kwizera…