In late 2017, I decided to apply for Polish Citizenship. It is not an easy process for a second-generation American. Since there was no independent Poland when my Polish grandparents were born, I had to petition to the President of Poland for citizenship. The process required gathering documents on two continents along with newspaper articles about my work bringing Americans to Poland and references from people in both the United States and Poland. The file was sent to Poland. I waited over a year before I heard the good news in December 2018-my citizenship had been approved. In 2019, I was invited to the Polish Consulate in New York for the official presentation of my Polish citizenship.

A dream come true-Polish Citizenship.

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