Photo courtesy of Upwardly Global. When Munara left her home and sought asylum in the US, she thought that she would find opportunities that had been denied to her in Kyrgyzstan because she was a woman. Instead, she struggled to find professional employment -- despite having a master’s degree and experience as the head of the English Department at her country’s leading university. Munara spent four frustrating years working as a taxi driver to support herself and her daughter. All the while, she continued to search for more professional employment. Munara is a skilled immigrant, but not the...