'We’re all in the same boat': The J-1 student series - The Martha's Vineyard Times

'We’re all in the same boat': The J-1 student series - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks, the MV Times will be sharing the stories of a handful of the hundreds of students who received permission to work in the country under the exchange visitor visa, commonly known as the J-1. They’re from all over the world, in undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate programs, and sometimes while they’re here — typically in the summer months — they can go unnoticed as they bag groceries, mix donut dough, serve c…