. >> i'm hiromi, and i am american. >> reporter: at her studio in virginia, hiromi teaches tai chi, aradition from her far away home. >> i was raised in fukushima. >> reporter: the city was erased from the map when a wave of water tore through it two years ago. america is now her only home. >> i felt like i lost my ancestral place because fukushima erased me. >> reporter: jasmine was born in iran. her family ripped from their home when she was just five. starting anew in california, but always mindful of their iranian past. >> every year we hoped we could go back. we left of course because of the revolution. >> reporter: three decades later a new generation of revolutionses in the middle east inspired jasmine to be a u.s. citizen. >> i have a keen sense of the struggles people around the world endured to acquire human rights, social justice. it seemed to me important to acquire a public voice in america. >> reporter: this film maker from argentina wanted the right to vote in her down oh tri. >> elections were like, okay, i need to be a part of this. >> that's impressive. >> reporter:

. >> i'm hiromi, and i'm an american. >> reporter: at her studio?aised in fukushima. >> reporter: the coastal japanese city was erased from the map when a wave of water tore through two years ago. america is now hiromi's only home. >> i felt like i lost my ancestral place because fukushima raised me. >> reporter: a writer and professor, jasmine darsmick was born in iran. her family ripped from her home when she was just 5. starting anew in california, but always mindful of their iranian past. >> every year we hoped we could go back. we left, of course, because of the revolution. [ chanting ] >> reporter: three decades later, a new generation, revolutions in the middle east, inspired jasmine to become a u.s. citizen. >> i have such a keen send of the struggles -- keen sense of the struggles people around the world endure to acquire human rights, social justice. and it seemed to me important to acquire a public voice in america. >> reporter: filmmaker soledad liando from argentina wanted the right to vote in her adopted country. >> elections were like