At his stand-up desk in a Silicon Valley
office complex, Guido Nunez-Mujica's phone buzzes nonstop as he tries in vain
to concentrate on his work. The text messages are from 6,000 miles away in Santiago,
Chile, where he's helping resettle a group of young Venezuelans trying to
retrace his own immigrant's journey to a better future. Between deciphering
data and writing code, he fields questions that come flying fast: What's the
fastest bus line downtown? How do you apply for an immigrant ID card? Any leads
on a job? "Sometimes I'm rude and tell them to look on Google, or I have
to just turn off my phone because I get five messages all at once," says
the 34-year-old. More…
Monday, April 2, 2018
US tech worker helps fellow Venezuelans flee economic mayhem
At his stand-up desk in a Silicon Valley
office complex, Guido Nunez-Mujica's phone buzzes nonstop as he tries in vain
to concentrate on his work. The text messages are from 6,000 miles away in Santiago,
Chile, where he's helping resettle a group of young Venezuelans trying to
retrace his own immigrant's journey to a better future. Between deciphering
data and writing code, he fields questions that come flying fast: What's the
fastest bus line downtown? How do you apply for an immigrant ID card? Any leads
on a job? "Sometimes I'm rude and tell them to look on Google, or I have
to just turn off my phone because I get five messages all at once," says
the 34-year-old. More…
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