Welcome to the very first episode of Interviews with Immigrants 🎉 — the podcast that celebrates the real stories, humor, and humanity of U.S. Immigration.

In this premiere, Andrea Szew sits down with the brilliant and hilarious Jade Catta-Preta — Brazilian-born 🇧🇷 comedian, actress, and host (you may know her from E!’s The Soup and her hit show Rivals). 🌎✨ Together, they dive into Jade’s wild immigrant journey from struggling with ESL to crushing it on America’s biggest comedy stages.

Jade opens up about:

📌 Growing up in Brazil and moving to the U.S. as a pre-teen 🇧🇷➡️🇺🇸

📌 Her culture shocks — from snowstorms in Virginia to Pop-Tarts overload ❄️🍬

📌 Using comedy to survive bullying and find her voice 🎤

📌 Performing comedy in both English and Portuguese — and how Brazil’s comedy scene is booming today 🎭

📌 The opportunities, struggles, and gratitude she carries as an immigrant chasing big dreams 🌟

👉 If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like to start over in a new country, Jade’s story will make you laugh, think, and maybe even see immigration in a whole new light.

🌟 This is just the beginning! Make sure to subscribe for more incredible immigrant journeys every month.

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Time Stamps:

00:18 Weirdest questions she got as a new immigrant — “Do you wear shoes?” “Do you swing on vines?” 🙃

00:35 First Virginia snowstorm — shower caps as snow boots ❄️😂

05:20 Hot cocoa vs. “coco” mix-up — thought the neighbor was offering poop ☕💩

06:09 First Pop-Tart leads to projectile vomiting from sugar overload 🤢

11:53 First day at school — kids surround her like “The Walking Dead” & one girl literally smells her!

14:40 Being held back in school & thrown into ESL with a Russian teacher who barely spoke English

21:52 Using comedy as armor — making fun of herself before others could 🎤

24:52 Returning to Brazil to perform comedy after 20 years away — bombing, then finding her rhythm 🇧🇷

32:54 Brazilian goodbyes vs. American “tap tap” hugs — why she insists, “Just deal with the love.” 🤗

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