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Fetterman did not speak English when she arrived in the United States, and enrolled in an English as a second language program at her school in Queens. The family later moved to Newark, New Jersey. She studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Fetterman received her green card in 2004 and became a citizen of the United States in 2009.
Oct 14, 2020 · To call Gisele Barreto Fetterman a second lady alone is reductive. A former undocumented immigrant who became a citizen and used her platform to help all manner of Pennsylvanians, she is far...
Gisele Barreto Fetterman, the Second Lady of Pennsylvania (or as she prefers, “SLOP”) is a trailblazer in her own right. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Gisele’s mother took her and her younger brother to the United States when she was seven, all of them undocumented immigrants.
Oct 3, 2019 · Every day, as she headed out the door for school, Gisele Barreto Fetterman’s mother would tell her that she loved her. Then she told her to be invisible. Fetterman, then an undocumented immigrant, heard that every day from the age of 8 until she graduated from high school.
Feb 20, 2024 · She went on to attend New York’s Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and in 2004, at age 22, she got her green card. She talks passionately about humane immigration reform because she knows ...
Oct 22, 2022 · Gisele Barreto Fetterman spent nearly 15 years undocumented, at times dumpster diving and foregoing medical care.
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Fetterman, her brother, and their mother left Rio de Janeiro when she was eight years old due to insecurity and violence in their community, landing in a one-room apartment in New York City. She took ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, and her family furnished their apartment with furniture that had been discarded on the street.
