My great great grandma, Anna DeMonte was just 15 when she immigrated from Italy to America in 1890. She hoped for a better life filled with new opportunities.

She grew up in a very poor family, and wanted nothing more than to find a job and raise a family in America.

Between the number of people at Ellis Island and traveling alone, it was a very scary experience. However, the thought of America and reuniting with her family who had immigrated a few years earlier motivated her enough to keep going.