Erin Jimerson

Greater than the Good Life

Because of frequent moves at a young age, Paul Cheong grew up never feeling quite at home. “I’m not culturally Korean, but I’m also not ethnically Thai 

Life is a Work in Progress

What does a mental health journey look like? How can art, music, and therapy bring us to better self understanding and self love? In this episode, Portland Community

Sankar Raman

Just Waiting for a Miracle

“Just waiting for miracles. That was pretty much my day,” Marceline Washikala reflects on her life growing up in a series of refugee camps. 

Sankar Raman

Jenna Woodring

Jenna Woodring is a junior at Lewis and Clark College, majoring in International Affairs with a speciality in Political Economy and Middle East/North African  

Nina-Grace Montes

Nina-Grace Montes

Nina-Grace Montes is a senior at University of Oregon majoring in Journalism and minoring in Latinx Studies. She also works as a sports writer, focusing on how  

Katie Livermore

Katie Livermore

Katie Livermore is a junior at Oregon State University, where she is Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Barometer, the student newspaper. She is pursuing 

Sankar Raman

Gaza Is Full of Dreams

Living in Gaza — one of the most dangerous places on earth — the Al Ghussein family learned years ago that where there is smoke,  

Sankar Raman

Coming Out of the Shadows

Sindy Avila Gutierrez was born in Morelos, Mexico. At the age of two, she was brought to the United States to live with her parents in Oregon. Arriving without formal […]

Karen Weliky

History Keeps People Thinking

Jack Boas counts his career as historian as beginning at conception. “Or maybe even before,” he suggests. “I could not avoid it, as a child of

Sankar Raman

Choosing the Road Less Traveled

From the start, Barbie Wu was determined to forge her own path.  Born in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1986, she comes from a family of scientists.  

Karen Weliky

Using Identity to Live Out Loud

In elementary school Osvaldo Gonzalez felt sure that he was destined to be an outsider. “I felt like it was not OK to be me,” he remembers. “I would sit […]

Making Changes By Degrees

As a little girl growing up in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Olive and her friends would walk almost an hour to school, often filling their empty stomachs  

Bala

Composing a New Life

A few years into his engineering career at Intel, Balamurali Balu, who goes by Bala, wondered, “Is this really what I want to be doing for the next 30 years […]

Opening Minds With Education

After she earned her master’s degree, Rajika Bhandari was left with a grand, existential question. Where did she fit in, she wondered: Was it in the United States,