When Colombian social worker Cristina Castaño Henao brought her talents to Portland, she learned how even in the land of plenty, there are needs Cristina Castaño Henao’s job as a social worker once took her to dizzyingly high altitudes amid Colombia’s act ...
22 Dec 2016 - Emily Green
Thuy Huyen is running for Ms. America on the platform of world poverty, something she knows firsthand It sat there smugly, seeming to exist for the sole purpose of taunting the little girl every time she meandered past it. Thuy Huyen (pronounced “Twee Wh ...
22 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
She grew up punk in conservative Tehran, but don't tell Dela Moradpour she was 'oppressed' With her labret, tongue and eyebrow piercings and jet-black, turquoise-streaked hair, Delaram Moradpour, known as “Dela,” might have blended seamless ...
21 Sep 2015 - Emily Green
For Cuban Geovani Rodriguez, freedom means many things Geovani Rodriguez was 21 when he sailed away from Cuba on a homemade raft. He wasn’t afraid of the voyage, he says, even though his younger brother, Herminio, died when he left the island nation on a ...
7 May 2015 - Emily Green