EKANSH TAMBE is a border photographer. Since the age of 12, he has documented nuanced perspectives along the world’s most contentious borders: US-Mexico, the Korean DMZ, Israel-Palestine, Spain-Morocco, the Berlin Wall, Colombia-Venezuela, and now, the “invisible border” of COVID-19.
Read MoreASAD ALI JAFRI is a prolific cultural producer and community builder. Urban festivals, hip-hop cyphers, artist residencies – you name it! He brings creators together to imagine a more inclusive global Muslim culture.
Read MoreMANUEL MOROCOIMA is, at heart, a family man. Born in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, he met Maribel, the love of his life, while studying in the United States on a full scholarship. After raising their children in Venezuela for ten years, the family returned to the U.S. for Manuel’s job managing Latin American sales for Shamrock Technologies – the same company where my immigrant father has built his entire career.
Read MoreJANE DAI is cooking up a recipe for change. Foodie, researcher, veteran boba brewer – she dreams of nourishing communities, one slurp at a time. Starting at her own family table!
Read MoreCLARISSA DOURMASHKIN-CAGOL is a recent “repat” back to the U.S. from Shanghai. She first fell in love with the city during a college summer abroad – and now, seven years later, she’s ready to return home. Sort of.
Read MoreMICHAEL RAU & LINDA VALERA run on two “cultural legs.” Born to a Taiwanese mother and American father, the siblings have undertaken “rehabilitation” from lifelong pressures to exercise not only one, but every fiber of their multiethnic identities!
Read MoreLILY ZERIHUN is on the road to becoming the first physician in her family – a path that is leading her straight back to her Ethiopian roots.
Read MoreJUDAH JUSTINE is a true citizen of the world. Born to missionary parents, he has grown up in more countries (23) than years he's been alive (21).
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