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Jelena Kopanja is a graduate of New York University’s Global and Joint Studies Program, with concentrations in Journalism and Latin American Studies. She was born in Bosnia, from where she brought her love of good coffee and baklava. Prior to her graduate work, she was involved in immigrant communities as an ESL volunteer instructor and an interpreter for Spanish and Bosnian. Go to Jelena's audio archive.
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Reverse Migration: Ecuador Lures Immigrants Back Home from U.S. and Spain
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Spain Considers Immigration Reform That Would Make Things Harder for the Undocumented
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Music as Medicine: Sevdalinka Songs Help Bosnian Immigrants and Refugees Remember and Heal
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Sevdalinka, a Melancholy Soundtrack for Bosnian Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S.






