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An Immigrant Family’s American Dream

Location : HMB Brewing Co, 390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay

We welcome Aarti Shahani, NPR’s Silicon Valley correspondent, author of Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares. A heart-wrenching memoir about an immigrant family's American Dream, the justice system that took it away, and the daughter who fought to get it back.

Local bookseller Ink Spell Books will have the book available for purchase and signed by the author.

Moderators

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Lenny Mendonca is the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School.

Speakers

Aarti Shahani is a Silicon Valley correspondent for National Public Radio and the author of Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares. Aarti was born in Casablanca, Morocco to parents of Indian heritage. Aarti attended the University of Chicago. She received her master's degree in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

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