Robert Nikic on Daily Flash: Five Suitcases and the American Dream
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Asked on Daily Flash about the sacrifices behind his career, Robert Nikic tells how his family arrived in the United States with five suitcases. His mother was pregnant with his brother, and Robert was a little boy. He watched his parents work toward the American dream and reach it, and now he wants to help other people get there without the same hard lessons.
Transcript
You mentioned the struggle, but also there's some sort of reward in that struggle. Give us a little bit of information about the sacrifices you've made along the way. Sure. Look, when I immigrated to the United States with my family, we came here with five suitcases. My mother was pregnant with my brother, and I was just a little boy. I saw what my parents went through. I saw the struggle, but I also saw the American dream. I knew the American dream is something that my parents wanted to accomplish. And they did. I followed their footsteps. And now I want to do that for other people where, you know, they don't have to take those hard lessons and those sleepless, restless nights.
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