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About the Author

Angelina Radulović
Serbian immigrant in Perth · Marketing Executive · Writer since 2001
I moved my family from Belgrade to Perth in 2018 — three kids, five suitcases, and a quiet terror that we'd just made the biggest mistake of our lives. We cleaned offices for three years. I completed a Master's degree. I rebuilt a career from nothing. Now I write about the real version of the immigrant experience — the parts nobody puts on Instagram.
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Every immigrant story starts long before the plane takes off. For almost two decades, we believed we could change things. But somewhere between one protest and the next, something inside me went quiet. Not defeated — just… tired.
Nobody tells you that the hardest part isn't the visa, the flight, or the first week. The hardest part is the quiet Tuesday morning when you realise you don't know who you are anymore.