Growing up in the northern Wisconsin town of Peshtigo, Srushti Patil felt like she was living the idyllic American childhood. The city of 3,400 was small enough to walk to school every day. She would ...
Patil and her parents stayed in India for nine months, trying every day to book a visa appointment at the American embassy. Srushti Patil moved to the U.S. with her parents when she was 4 years old.