Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing, 2017 April 4

Overview of the Collection

Interviewee
Ginshing, Anisha, 1999-
Title
Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing
Dates
2017 April 4
Quantity
22.2 megabytes, (1 online resource (1 audio file (48 min., 27 sec.)))  :  MPEG-4
Collection Number
SR 12254
Summary
Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing conducted by Sankar Raman on April 4, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Ginshing was a refugee from Bhutan and immigrated to the United States with her family in 2008.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Anisha Ginshing was born in a camp for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal in 1999. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 2008, and they first settled in Idaho. A few years later, her family moved to Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Parkrose High School in 2016, and attended Portland Community College. As of 2017, she planned to transfer to Oregon Health & Science University and major in nursing.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing was conducted by Sankar Raman on April 4, 2017. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Ginshing discusses her early life in a camp for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. She then talks about immigrating to the United States with her family at the age of 9, and settling in Idaho. She talks about her elementary school education in Idaho and about learning English as a second language; the reasons for her family's move to Portland, Oregon; and her high school education in Portland, including taking Advanced Placement classes and her extracurricular activities. She talks about her interest in Nepali culture; applying for college; and her plans to become a nurse. She closes the interview by discussing her cultural and ethnic identity; the dangerous conditions for women and girls in Nepal; and her most challenging high school classes.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing, by Sankar Raman, SR 12254, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Restrictions on Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of The Immigrant Story, 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-017).

Bibliography

An article about Anisha Ginshing, "Making Her Family Proud" by Anaga Srinivas, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at https://theimmigrantstory.org/making-family-proud/.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
Oral history interview with Anisha Ginshing 2017 April 4

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • English language--Study and teaching--United States--Foreign speakers
  • Immigrants--United States
  • Refugee camps--Nepal
  • Refugees--Bhutan
  • South Asian Americans--Idaho
  • South Asian Americans--Oregon

Personal Names

  • Ginshing, Anisha, 1999-

Geographical Names

  • United States--Immigration and emigration

Form or Genre Terms

  • interviews

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Raman, Sankar (interviewer)