Name: How a penny made me feel like a millionaire
Uploaded: 2013-07-26T15:00:40Z
Duration: 5 min 18 s
Description: As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. And one day, on the floor of the New York homeless shelter where she and her family lived, she found a penny. She has never again felt so rich. A meditation on the bittersweet joys of childhood -- and how to hold them in mind.

As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. And one day, on the floor of the New York homeless shelter where she and her family lived, she found a penny. She has never again felt so rich. A meditation on the bittersweet joys of childhood -- and how to hold them in mind.

Tania Luna: How a penny made me feel like a millionaire

How a penny made me feel like a millionaire

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