Mind Body Spirit Living Podcast

When you have spent your entire life immersed in the culture of the country you live in, the customs and expectations come naturally to you, and you fall into the patterns of the society without much thought.  But when you are a visitor, or come to a country after living part of your life somewhere else, the traditions can all be new, and not necessarily easy to navigate.  The journey of coming to American from another country is an adventure that requires integrating many new customs.  We’ll hear firsthand about the challenges of that journey from our guest who came to America from Colombia, and stayed to raise his family in the Midwest. Francisco Sanchez was born in Cali, Colombia. He first came to the United States as an Exchange Student in 1971 through the American Field Service program, and was hosted for a year by an American Family in Brookfield, Illinois. He returned to the U.S. as a foreign student in 1973 to pursue undergraduate studies, and in 1977 graduated from Bowling Green University in Ohio wi