Rukwishuro vividly remembers that at her introduction, a little girl walked to her and "rubbed her finger on my fingers all the way, then she looked at her finger and she smiled but my heart sank. … She thought I was dirty." Despite that, Rukwishuro says most people have been very welcoming. She's now a U.S. citizen and says, "It feels like home."
Rukwishuro yibuka neza ko agitangira, umukobwa muto yaramwegereye maze amufata urutoki hanyuma abibonye aramwenyura ariko umutima we uradagadwa.… Yatekereje ko nanduye." Nubwo bimeze bityo, Rukwishuro avuga ko abantu benshi bakiriwe neza. Ubu afite ubwenegihugu bwa Amerika ati: "Numva ari murugo."