Lillian Griffith
Lillian Griffith left Georgia and moved to Tulsa in August 2022.
  • Lillian Griffith is a 25-year-old data engineer at General Motors.
  • She moved to Tulsa for the Tulsa Remote program, with a one-year stipend of $10,000.
  • She said she's much happier in Tulsa and the people there are incredibly kind. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lillian Griffith, a 25-year-old data engineer at General Motors, who moved to Tulsa for the Tulsa Remote program. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I initially heard about the Tulsa Remote program through my mom, who joined the program in 2021 and then referred me to it later.