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American by Birth, Bangladeshi by Lineage (1)


Ipshita is an American by birth and a Bangladeshi by lineage. Both her parents hail from Bangladesh, a small country in South Asia. Her parents’ place of birth has a rich history and culture. She is only two but has already visited Bangladesh twice!

Ipshita lives with her parents in a two-bedroom apartment in Wilmington, Delaware. The city is called the hub of the American credit card industry. Her dad works at an American multinational bank. Ipshita’s mother is there for Ipshita 24 hours a day. She is a full-time mother by choice.

Both of her parents moved to the United States for their higher education. Her dad came to this country in his teens, soon after he finished his high school in Bangladesh. Ipshita’s father, Arif, has been in the U.S. for more than 10 years now. He studied computer information systems in college. He later earned an MBA. Ipshita’s mom, Samia, came to the U.S. as a graduate student. She studied business and mass communications.


Ipshita heard that her parents had a big wedding in Bangladesh. And they moved to America just 4 months after their wedding to pursue their graduate studies at a state university in Minnesota. Ipshita was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2012. So, you see she is a Minnesotan birth. She does not remember anything about Minnesota though. She moved to Delaware with her parents when she was 11 months old. Her parents have promised to visit Minneapolis with her once she is a little older.

To be continued...

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