One thing I quickly learned when I moved to New York one year ago, was that visiting as a tourist is a completely different experience than living here. The list of comparisons feels endless but here are a few of the main ones that come to mind and a little advice on navigating the city. Take the subway everywhere. Locals don’t…
Money tends to be a taboo topic. People don’t like to discuss what they earn and spend but it’s something I really wanted to know when I was moving to New York. I had no idea what to expect when it came to budgeting and how much I would need. No week is the same but I decided to record…
If I had a dollar for every time I heard the question “what visa are you on?” I’d be sitting on a beach in Aruba sipping on frozé posing with pink flamingos right now. When you meet other Irish living in America the conversation moves to visas within minutes. “Hi my name is Sophie, I live in Brooklyn, I work…
Hardly a day goes by without me receiving a question about New York. When I was asked to write an article about my experience I decided now was the time to start a full series on the topic, here on ShePrevails. I will be covering everything from Visas and apartment hunting, to job searching and dealing with life in general…
Last week I returned home to Ireland for the first time since moving to New York. Although the last seven months have been the quickest of my life, and I have been loving every minute, I was ready for a recharge and an Irish fry. It was my first time seeing my parents, my home friends and the love of…
Where has the time gone? It’s been three weeks since I immigrated to New York. In some ways it feels like only yesterday I was saying goodbye to my parents in Dublin Airport, but then I think about all I have fit in and how well settled I feel. It’s as if I have lived here for years. Where do…
New York is my favourite place in the world! Deciding to emigrate there was never a hard decision for me. Four years ago I spent 6 months living and working in Clifton New Jersey, which is about twenty minutes outside of Manhattan. The year after, I went back for another three months on a j1 visa. In between, and since then…