Albanians who emigrated to England when she was seven years old now work for British ministers

Such is Cindy Selmani, who was only seven when she had to leave Vlora, leaving her childhood games.

I was a little girl too young to have dreams or hopes for my future. As a child, I had the mind to play and learn. I remember reading Abester and learning the letter “A” of the press and “a” I remember learning the breeding chart and learning English. The economic side of my home was very poor, and my parents migrated to England. I remember my first years in London with so much horror. I had a great deal for my country. I missed my family, I lacked my association, my family, my Albanian food and my environment. London didn't look like the place I saw in movies or read in books. I was so scared when I walked down the streets of London and felt all the weight of my family on my shoulders. I don't know why this happened. Perhaps I knew very little, knew very little English, and my family relied entirely on me. We went to the social centers to translate, to the doctor to translate, to the lawyer to translate, and I was very stressed. It fell all the weight on my shoulders”, it shows.

Cindy also relates on her first day at school, whose experience was not as other children dream of.

I remember the first day of school. I didn't speak English at all. I was a stranger, I couldn't communicate with students, teachers. I remember some students who were in class saying, "Go, go back to where you came from, where you came from. As a 7-year-old kid, I was completely down. I felt as if I had no right to be there, but life continued”, and Cindy relates.

Furthermore, it relates how it came in contact with work as adviser to the government cabinet.

I actually saw a job as an adviser to a minister. I saw this job and I laughed. Even today you laugh at yourself. I said there's no way I can get this job, I'm still small. I was 21. I applied and I forgot. I wasn't paying attention to the application. One day I was invited to enter the first stage. I went through the first phase, even the second, and in the third phase in the room, other advisers and MPs watched over us. They wanted to know how I reacted to various situations, such as communication. I passed this stage and was invited to the interview. Then I was interviewed by three women, with 2 working in former Prime Minister David Cameron's cabinet and one for an MP”, HINA tells Cindy.

Then an envelope came to my house. I opened the envelope and the letter was from the cabinet and I was told that I had been offered my job. My flesh shivers when I remember it. I feel like it happened yesterday”

Perhaps she would never have thought that one day she would work in the prime minister at “10 Downing Street”, where she would prepare British ministers' speeches.

Selmani serves as legal adviser to Home Office today. She is serving as a true Albanian ambassador and says one day she wants to return to Vlora to serve her country of heart. Cindy Selmani emigrated with her family in 1991.

The case was made known by the Minister for Diaspora, Pandeli Majko through a post on the social network “Facebook”