i m a refugee from drc. anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. anthony: where are you cooking now? i work at the four seasons hotel. anthony: oh that s not a bad gig. yeah, yeah. anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? gertrude: i want, all my family still over there. my mom, my sister anthony: and you d like them to come. gertrude: i want them to come. anthony: a lot of first generation and second generation african babies are going to be happening here. albert: yeah. anthony: houston is going to look real different. you ll hear lingala at the 7-eleven? no problem? gertrude: no problem. anthony: in 10 years?
anthony: but you already speak how many languages? gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. anthony: of course. gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. anthony: so don t feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. it s okay. i m a refugee from drc. anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. anthony: where are you cooking now? i work at the four seasons hotel. anthony: oh that s not a bad gig. yeah, yeah. anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? gertrude: i want, all my
i m a refugee from drc. anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. anthony: where are you cooking now? i work at the four seasons hotel. anthony: oh that s not a bad gig. yeah, yeah. anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? gertrude: i want, all my family still over there. my mom, my sister anthony: and you d like them to come. gertrude: i want them to come. anthony: a lot of first generation and second generation african babies are going to be happening here. albert: yeah. anthony: houston is going to look real different. you ll hear lingala at the 7-eleven? no problem? gertrude: no problem. anthony: in 10 years?
i m a refugee from drc. anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. anthony: where are you cooking now? i work at the four seasons hotel. anthony: oh that s not a bad gig. yeah, yeah. anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? gertrude: i want, all my family still over there. my mom, my sister anthony: and you d like them to come. gertrude: i want them to come. anthony: a lot of first generation and second generation african babies are going to be happening here. albert: yeah. anthony: houston is going to look real different. you ll hear lingala at the 7-eleven? no problem? gertrude: no problem.
french most americans struggle with one. it s okay. i m anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. anthony: where are you cooking now? i work at the four seasons hotel. anthony: oh that s not a bad gig. yeah, yeah. anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? gertrude: i want, all my family still over there. my mom, my sister anthony: and you d like them to come. gertrude: i want them to come. anthony: a lot of first generation and second generation african babies are going to be happening here. albert: yeah. anthony: houston is going to look real different. you ll hear lingala at the 7-eleven? no problem?