This article presents results of a qualitative analysis based on biographic narratives of three young, well-educated women from Syria. They arrived in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017 in the context of family reunion. The central question is how young Syrian women navigate between two major projects that ask for their agency, being family and work. It is argued that both occupational career development and the building of a family are ‘agentic projects’ that aim to contribute to the establishment of a new life and to regain continuity. The analyses demonstrate that both projects are closely intertwined. Agency emerges as highly relational and intersecting with the women’s position in the life course, timing of life events, ability to adapt career goals to the new situation, and impact of social contexts on family relations. Zusammenfassung Dieser Artikel stellt die Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie vor, welche auf biographischen Erzählungen von drei jungen, gut gebildeten Frauen beruht, die aus ... : JFR - Journal of Family Research, Vol 31 No 3 (2019): Family migration processes in a comparative perspective ...