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We are finding, coaching and training public media\u2019s next generation. This #nextgenradio project is created in Reno, Nevada, where six talented student journalists are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.<\/span><\/p>\n In this project, six immigrants talk about how their first days in America shaped their lives today.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.6″ custom_padding=”|0px||0px” prev_background_color=”#003366″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|0px||0px” _builder_version=”3.6″ module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title: NO NEED TO EDIT” date=”off” categories=”off” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”3.6″ title_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” title_font_size=”48px” meta_font=”Roboto|600|||||||” meta_text_color=”#b32017″ meta_font_size=”24″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”27px|0px|16px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Explainer Text: ADD YOUR VIDEO TEASER TEXT HERE” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” inline_fonts=”Verdana”]<\/p>\n Danell Wilson-Perlman first came to the United States from South Africa in 1994 on a work study trip. 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For Danell Wilson-Perlman, moving to America was never a thought.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica was never on my radar,\u201d Wilson-Perlman said. \u201cI always thought America was never an option because growing up in South Africa we were sanctioned for years.\u201d<\/p>\n Danell\u2019s home country of South Africa first experienced apartheid in 1948 after the National Party took power. Under the National Party, the apartheid policy segregated and discriminated against South African citizens on basis of race.<\/p>\n Even though Wilson-Perlman was raised in South Africa, it wasn\u2019t until college that she met people outside her small white farming community.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never forget the first night,\u201d Wilson-Perlman said. \u201cI\u2019m walking up the stairs and then the Zulu girls came running down and in their culture, they don\u2019t wear tops\u2026.But that was their culture. And I\u2019ve been living in this bubble even though I lived in this country, but it\u2019s amazing how you are not seeing what other cultures in your own country are doing and that it\u2019s okay for them to be different.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite experiencing culture shock in her own country, she still wanted to leave South Africa and see other places. Wilson-Perlman focused on getting a visa to the United Kingdom after college graduation. But then a friend called one night: \u201c\u2018Well there\u2019s this new opportunity and you need to sign up,\u2019\u201d Wilson-Perlman said.<\/p>\n After sitting up all night debating, her dad urged her to apply. He felt the work study program would give her more stability compared to moving to the UK by herself without a job.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a 24-hour, crazy decision with hundreds of students applying and I laughed it off,\u201d Wilson-Perlman said. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I would get chosen. So that was it. And literally less than a month later we were on the next plane to the U.S. We didn\u2019t even make it to our graduation ceremony. We were shipped to the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n When she first came to the United States in late 1994, Danell says it was a \u201cwake-up call\u201d to live in a country with freedom of speech, uncensored media and a wide variety of foods at her disposal.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_audio admin_label=”Audio: ADD YOUR STORY AUDIO FILE HERE” audio=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/FINALOLIVIA.mp3″ title=”Woman’s Travel Business Helps Connect Two Homes” artist_name=”Olivia Ali” album_name=”Next Generation Radio | University of Nevada, Reno | May 2019″ image_url=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/IMG_0828.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″ background_color=”rgba(93,103,153,0.15)” background_layout=”light” \/][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image: USE THIS PHOTO MODULE” src=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/DanellFirstDay.jpg” url_new_window=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.6″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”CAPTION TEXT” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n Danell Wilson-Perlman holds photo of herself from the first time she went to Washington, D.C. Strangers took the photo for her and sent it to her parents in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n OLIVIA ALI \/ NEXTGENRADIO<\/small><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider: NOTHING TO EDIT HERE” _builder_version=”3.6″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n \u201cI remember going to Safeway for bread and I stood in the aisle and said \u2018Okay, I just want, like, a white or wheat,\u2019\u201d Wilson-Perlman said. \u201cAnd there was like two aisles of it. That was vividly in my mind. Everything was just such huge variety.\u201d<\/p>\n Even though she just came for a short work study program at a ski resort in Truckee, Calif., she knew she had to return to the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cMy degree was in tourism and travel management,\u201d Wilson-Perlman said. \u201cI always felt that, especially in America, I would get the most experience in my field.\u201d<\/p>\n She said her father offered to help her launch a business at home, but she said \u201cI needed to return overseas to get more experience. That\u2019s why I came back.\u201d<\/p>\n Wilson-Perlman returned to the United States in 1997 after the ski resort sponsored her visa. Shortly after moving back, she met her husband, Ron. Wilson-Perlman later joined her husband in co-owning Reno Tahoe Limousine and Reno Tahoe Transportation and continues to operate the business in Reno, Nev.<\/p>\n Even as her transportation company was thriving, she found a new passion in 2016.<\/p>\n \u201cI had woman entrepreneurs come up to me and say, \u2018We want to go to your home country but you need to take us, and we don’t want to be a tourist. We want to go and experience the country and we want to learn from other women entrepreneurs,\u2019\u201d Wilson-Perlman recounted.<\/p>\n Wilson-Perlman started African Skies Travel to share her home with entrepreneurs. She says the two-week cultural immersion program is a way to educate, empower, exchange and collaborate with woman entrepreneurs. Additionally, she leads a women\u2019s summit every year for a weekend of learning.<\/p>\n \u201cThey come back to the U.S. and their whole reaction is and feedback is \u2018Africa was the teacher and we were the students,\u2019 \u201d Wilson-Perlman said.<\/p>\n Wilson-Perlman says she uses her new business venture as a way to connect her two homes.<\/p>\n \u201cI always say will always have two countries in my life,\u201d Wilson-Perlman said. \u201cMy mom always explained, she goes, \u2018You\u2019re a tree. 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