As the plane door opens, the intense Texas heat hits senior Jay Smith. Sweat begins to build on his forehead and becomes overwhelmed, very different from the United Kingdom. Smith moved from the United Kingdom his junior year after an enjoyable visit to the Lone Star state to preview a possible destination for his father’s job. “We visited Texas about two years ago and just fell in love with [the state] so we decided to move here,” Smith said. “I moved at the beginning of my junior year, but it was kind of weird because you graduate high school in England at 16.” Smith’s family made the move because of a job opportunity for his father. His mother worked as a nurse in England then became a COVID-19 nurse in the United States because of high demand.  “I haven't seen any of my other family members since we moved here because we haven't been able to go back,”...