People & Places

It was empty

It is for achieving high honors in school

Like a soldier going to war, I witness all of the good and bad

All of my family stood on the porch in our village, Kakuma, in Kenya

Instead, it was a dark and eerie night

I did not know what goodbye meant until July, 2009, when my family and I left the Dominican Republic for the United States

Your hand will be shaking to hold the lectern

My friends decided it was time to escape to a better place with education and a safe home

As always, I didn't know how to open the gate between the porch and the street

She left me with my aunt

It was time for me to prepare my first dish

There are a lot of gangsters selling drugs on the corner

I was tired of studying because of 13 subjects a week

Her parents are from Eritrea

I was 10

I miss his eyes

“The way these kids articulated their thoughts and self-expressions into artwork was amazing

“That’s all that matters

O’Bryant School of Math & Science

“Something bad might happen to me while I walk home

“Then, when they see the beauty and charm in it that’s there because of the people that are already living there, they decide that they want it now and kick all those people out of their homes