She left Brazil for love, spent a year in Mexico and twelve in Spain, where she gained citizenship. The crisis shattered her stability and led her to England. There she found her home in Bristol: a son, a second family and the conviction that life is one’s surroundings. Sonia […]
Profiles
Mother and migrant: a new life far from Buenos Aires
When she left her native Argentina for Covender in 2015, she never imagined that five months without work or command of the language would test her confidence. Today, while studying English and raising Astor, she seeks to belong without losing who she was. Sonia Gumiel She is a […]
Three countries, three starts, a return still to write
From Palmira to Madrid and then London, a life shaped by work, adaptation and the need to start again. Today, while her daughter and granddaughter also live in the British capital, she works seven days a week and considers starting over once more in Colombia Marcos Ortiz F. […]
Immigrant: twenty-five years away, a return still to come
She arrived on the Isle of Wight in 1991 to learn English and find work. Since then, she has worked in hotels, factories and schools, married, had two children and built her life in Henley-on-Thames. Yet Spain remains central to her plans for the future. Sonia Gumiel A […]
A Canarian migrant: three areas, many faces, one life
He left Spain unable to find work and has spent six months in the British capital. He has lived in different neighbourhoods and met some very warm-hearted people from Colombia and Africa. His days swing between cleaning and hospitality; he shares a multicultural home. However, staying in London is not […]
















