Neha Misra talks about her “mango love” and how it is threatened by global climate change. Neha Misra is an artist and climate justice advocate. Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Neha has lived in the United States for 16 years. I connected with Neha and her work last year, and we instantly sharedContinue reading “FOOD AT HOME”
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Food at Home
Soo Koo talks about family, global citizenship and the creative power of food Soo Koo serves as the Deputy Director for Maryland Governor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Originally from South Korea, Soo came to the United States in 2010 to attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She comes from a family where women cook exquisite mealsContinue reading “Food at Home”
‘Becoming American’ Story # 7
DR. AZIZA SHAD Dr. Aziza Shad MD serves as the Ellen W.P. Wasserman Chair in Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology at The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. However, her medical journey started many moons ago during a turbulent year in South Asia. In 1971, then seventeen-year-old AzizaContinue reading “‘Becoming American’ Story # 7”
‘Becoming American’ Story # 3: Anne Calinger
Anne Calinger was only 7 months old when she arrived from South Korea at John F. KennedyInternational Airport in New York, with her adopted parents. Yet, as she journeyed through life in America, she was constantly reminded that she was an ‘immigrant’.
Saima Adil Sitwat 