EYE OF AN IMMIGRANT
Our Team
Rooted in the immigrant experience, our team — made up of immigrants and children of immigrants — is dedicated to telling our stories, providing resources, and dismantling the barriers before us
Komalpreet Kaur
Founder & Executive Director
Komal Kaur didn't just grow up hearing immigrant stories - she lived one. The daughter of Punjabi immigrants who fled genocide and rebuilt their lives from scratch, Komal was raised in the heart of Queens, New York, before landing in suburban Kansas. The culture shock was real, but so was her fire. At 16, she founded Eye of An Immigrant to turn silence into story telling and isolation into community.
Today, she's a political science student at the University of Kansas with a concentration in international relations, blending her lived experience with hands-on work in governement and politics. From city halls to campaign trails, Komal brings a bold, heart-led approach to everything she does. Whether she's behind the mic, supporting policy efforts, or helping fund someone's path to citizenship, she's here to make sure every immigrant story gets the spotlight it deserves.
Zik Nwanganga
Director of Storytelling
Born in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, and raised in rural Nigeria, Zik Nwanganga dreamed of life in America after watching movies like Home Alone and Spiderman. That dream became reality in 2016 when he moved to Kansas City to study Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Arriving in the U.S. with no local support, Zik quickly learned the challenges immigrants face—from housing and employment to language barriers and isolation. He immersed himself in campus organizations to improve his English and build community, embracing a philosophy of “each one teach one.”
This journey led Zik to create platforms focused on storytelling, innovation, and inclusion. He launched the FiredUpKC podcast in 2019, which evolved into FiredUp Studios and later the Netflix-style talk show City Entrepreneur. Today, he serves as CEO of City Entrepreneur Foundation, using storytelling to amplify underrepresented voices in entrepreneurship.
Zik is also the CEO and Co-Founder of ULOM, an all-in-one platform helping immigrants, refugees, and international students navigate employment, English training, and community integration in the U.S.
