[Amy Rogers]

My great-grandparents were born in the 1880s in a little town called Barbovo. It’s currently about 10 miles inside the border of Ukraine in the Carpathian province (oblast), but at that time it was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. I also know that they got married in Budapest in 1900 and lived there for a few years before emigrating to the US and settling in West Virginia.

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[Amy Rogers]

Szia everyone! My name is Amy Rogers, and I currently live in Salt Lake City, Utah. My great-grandparents were born in Hungary and emigrated to the US in the early 1900s. In 2021, I started doing a family research project, where I learned about the possibility of simplified naturalization. With the help of researchers at Helpers Hungary, an amazing team of teachers at Hungarian Language Solutions, and a week at Debrecen Summer School, I’m happy to say I passed my citizenship interview last year and became a proud citizen in June! I’ve been to Hungary three times and my husband and I are hoping to move there sometime in the next few years. Looking forward to diving deeper into the culture during this expo — thanks so much to everyone who’s organizing and participating!

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[Amy Rogers]

Szia Péter! I attended your summer school for a week last year as part of my preparation for my citizenship interview. I had a private class with Kata and we worked through the majority of the B1-level textbook together. For me, the experience was invaluable! Before that, I was taking group courses online and was still struggling with shyness, fear of speaking, and fear of making mistakes. But I felt that being forced to speak, read, and participate for 30 hours in 5 days got me “over the hump” with my nervousness and was a huge boost to my self-confidence. A few months later, I passed my citizenship interview, then I took my oath and became a citizen in June! I had a terrific experience in Debrecen Summer School and would definitely recommend it to anyone serious about learning the language.

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