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From Africa to Anchorage

From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Length: 00:07:25

It can be hard being the new kid in school. It can be even harder being the new kid in a new country. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Alaska Teen Media correspondent Nneamaka Isolokwu sat down with a 12 grade exchange student from Ghana and asked him how he's adjusting to life and school in Anchorage.




*Nnemaka is a 6th grader who learned how to report, record, and edit this piece with very little help*