The Girl Who Wanted To Fly
Dust rose around young Zarmina Ahmadi as she stood beneath the spinning blades of a military helicopter hovering above her mountain village in Jaghori, Afghanistan.
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An Odyssey of Persistence
Fair warning as you embark on the story of one woman’s journey across borders and barriers: It would be difficult to exaggerate the complexity of Sonia Priscila Ticas’
Finding and Creating Belonging
During the early 1980’s, Haiti was under the rule of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier. The country’s political situation suffered, and shootings were frequent.
A Fight for Farmworkers’ Rights
A couple of miles outside Hillsboro, Or., Hector Ninijosa and his family had moved into a migrant camp for seasonal farmworkers.
Fighting Through the Cycle
With a whack from his father’s hand, his mother fell to her knees. Talilo Marfil’s first memory was one of abuse. Talilo was born in 1989 in the Philippines
Two Worlds, One Journey
No official records exist to confirm the date, but Arun Cameron Storrs believes she was born around July 20, 1986, in Kathmandu, Nepal
Beyond the Familiar Summit
Although Ang Pemba Sherpa was born in 1982 in Namche Bazar, Nepal, a small village nestled at 3,500 meters in the highest peaks of the world
Creating Joy For Others
When Shi Choong, now a wedding planner helping other Portlanders celebrate their love, thinks about her childhood, she recalls the bright colors
Soaring High, Staying Rooted
“Volando alto sin olvidar de dónde vengo,” a popular Spanish saying that can be translated in English as “Flying high without forgetting where I came from,” describes
How Music Became Her Life
Wu Man was just 16 when she attended a master class led by the celebrated violinist Isaac Stern. The room at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing
My Heart Has Two Countries
Kseniia Hnatovska never kept up with the news. Instead, she was a planner. She loved scheduling vacations and weekend activities,
Getting Down to Business
For Abiba Magba Magba, running a business was a means of survival. Her mother taught her this while Magba was growing up in Bangui,
Flavors From Home In A Suitcase
Ask almost any refugee from war-torn countries how they arrived on these shores, and at this specific place, and you will inevitably hear of radical choices
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
Leaving a War Behind
Chau Leatherman credits her migration story to three lucky breaks. The first was the journey south to Saigon just after the Communists took over the North.