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 akukumbukira bwino lomwe kuti pakuonetseredwa koyamba, ka mtsikana kanalowa namusisita zala zanga ndi zala zake Njira yonse, kenako anayang'ana zala zake  ndipo anamwetulira koma ndi mtima wanga unakhala pansi, … Amkaona ngati ndine osasamalika ndi nyasi, " kupatura zimenezo Rukwishuro anati anthu ambiri akhara akumulandira iye bwino kwambiri. Ndipo pano ndi Mbadwa yaku U.S anatero, "ndikumakhara ngati kwathu.