Love Letters To Immigrants

In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with renowned futurist, entrepreneur, author, and technology executive Cathy Hackl to explore the power of reinvention. Born in Costa Rica and raised across multiple countries because of her father's diplomatic career, Cathy shares how an international upbringing shaped her resilience, curiosity, and willingness to embrace...

What happens when an immigrant child grows up to help shape the future of immigration? In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with Roman Zelichenko, entrepreneur, former immigration attorney, and founder of LaborLess and GMI Rocket. Roman shares his family's journey from the former Soviet Union to the United States as Jewish refugees, arriving in America after s...

In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with immigration attorney Natalia Munoz to talk about identity, belonging, motherhood, purpose, and the emotional realities of building a life far from home. Natalia shares her journey from Colombia to the United States, the unexpected twists that kept her here, and how her own immigration experience ultimately led her to a...

What if everything you needed to start over was already within you? In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with entrepreneur and Emmy award winner Ati Williams to explore the resilience, uncertainty, and growth that come with building a life across borders. Ati shares her journey from Nairobi, Kenya to Canada and eventually the United States, navigating student...

What happens when you choose to see immigration not as a system, but as a human story? In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with Allison Ponsford Ricker to explore the deeply personal side of immigration, one shaped by resilience, identity, and the courage to keep moving forward. Allison shares her journey with honesty and clarity, offering a window into the e...

What does it mean to carry the legacy of someone who sacrificed everything for your future? In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with entrepreneur and author Justin Breen to explore how one woman’s journey fleeing persecution shaped generations that followed. Justin shares the story of his grandmother, whose strength, resilience, and unwavering love became the...

In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with immigration attorney and law firm founder Jimmy Lai to talk about the courage, uncertainty, and persistence that shaped his journey from Taiwan to Oklahoma. Jimmy shares what it was like to spend a decade in the United States on a student visa, face repeated rejection in the job market, and ultimately create his own op...

In this episode, Elizabeth sits down with entrepreneur and attorney Alex Gertsburg to explore his journey from Soviet-era Moldova to the United States at just four years old. Alex shares what it meant for his parents to leave everything behind during a brief emigration window for Jewish families in 1979, arriving in Cleveland with nothing but courage and determination. From growing up feeling diff...

In this episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, Elizabeth Garvish sits down with Oleg Karakash, a Ukrainian immigrant who has been sharing his family’s journey across borders with honesty, warmth, and remarkable perspective. After leaving Ukraine with his wife and two daughters, Oleg reflects on what it means to rebuild life from scratch, arriving in the United States with very little and learning...

Welcome to the first episode of Love Letters to Immigrants, a storytelling podcast centered on the human side of immigration. Host Elizabeth Garvish sits down with award-winning TV and film producer and entrepreneur Jenny Feterovich, who immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union as a teenager through Operation Exodus. Jenny shares what it was like to leave home at 13, grow up in the Mi...