Elevating Lives of Fellow Immigrants
A man with a gentle expression and slight smile approached from down the sidewalk in front of the nonprofit APANO (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon)
Tag: Refugee
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.
Pendant, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
Thao Nguyen: Me with my niece. Her mother was my older sister pictured previously. My niece was three years old when I left Vietnam, and I
Defying the Odds All Along
Growing up in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Jeanette watched the women in her family follow a familiar path—leaving school young, entering early marriages,
An Escape To a New Beginning
As members of Afghanistan’s Hazara ethnic minority, Mohsin’s family has endured generations of persecution. From a young age, he understood the
Gifts to Carry You Forward
Toc was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to the US at the age of three. As the eldest child in her family, she often had to […]
Breaking Free: Her Path to a New Life
Born in a Tanzanian refugee camp to parents who fled conflict in the Congo, Jeanette Muibi grew up walking toward a future she couldn’t yet imagine.
Forgiving the Unforgivable
At just 50-years-old, Rukshana Hafez Triem could say she’s lived many lives. From fleeing her home country of Mozambique at just 5-years-old to being a refugee
I learned a lot about how to survive
When Thao Nguyen was born in Vietnam, she was seen as an outsider. The daughter of a Vietnamese woman and an African-American soldier, she was considered
A Uniquely Global Citizen
To call Sinait Sarfino a “global citizen” would be an understatement. She speaks English, Korean, and she is now learning Chinese. She has lived in various countries
What Color is Freedom
TK grew up an exile in his own home country of Rhodesia. Under white minority rule, Black people weren’t allowed in certain schools or movie theaters
An Artist with Many Voices
For Dao Nguyen Strom, identity is no simple concept. Raised in the California countryside, Strom was originally born in Vietnam—a country she escaped as a baby
The Courage to Begin Again
Mohsin Jamal is a quick learner. It was an essential survival skill for a young child from Afghanistan’s Hazara minority, a persecuted ethnic group
Valley of War with no Peace
Fifteen year-olds can be… a lot. It’s often when a rebellious streak first emerges, when a kid might start sneaking out, breaking curfew or perhaps,
Value of Human Belonging
Before she was even born, Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie began her journey far away from her roots in her Lao village. Her mother, Phouvong Sonelouay,