Came Quote by Suheir Hammad

I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer.

— Yvonne Orji

Everyone from my high school and junior college are now doctors and lawyers. I came from that kind of environment, but I chose to…

— Ng Chin Han

My parents were migrants and I experienced first hand the challenges they had to overcome. If they hadn't decided to seek a better life…

— Kalidou Koulibaly

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I…

— Gary Locke

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a…

— Phillip Lim

My parents have mellowed quite a bit, but, growing up, there was a sense that the only real professions were doctor, engineer, lawyer. Those…

— Reggie Lee

Both my parents are well educated; my father worked for the CBI before becoming a businessman, and my mother was a civil surgeon. But…

— Asin

Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you…

— Ato Essandoh

When you're an immigrant family, the upbringing, the mentality and the opportunities are all different.

— Kelvin Gastelum

I always thought I'd become an immigration lawyer.

— Su-chin Pak

Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.

— Edward Enninful

I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine…

— Aarti Mann