By Emily Walkenhorst Leticia Avalos and her husband, Oscar, have four children, and they support themselves on his salary as a contractor. Yet each month, the Avaloses send $400 back to their families in San Luis Potosí, a state in central Mexico of more than 2.5 million people. Each family receives about $200 for medical >
By Lee Kreimer For Vung Lun, education equals opportunity. Lun arrived in Lincoln in April 2011 with her parents, three brothers and a sister as refugees from Burma. Starting that summer, she enrolled in Level 1 English Language Learner classes. Lun has worked very hard and, this spring, she’s a Level 3 student at Lincoln
By Kay Kemmet Six-year-old Christopher Flores looks up to his new father, Fernando Ortiz Carreras, and runs to him the minute they see each other. They are always together, writing, coloring or playing soccer. “They are very, very close,” said Monica Carreras, Christopher’s mother. But Fernando Ortiz Carreras can’t adopt Christopher. He can’t hold a
By Emily Walkenhorst Imperial Palace isn’t just another Chinese restaurant. Past the wooden doors and decorative archway of 701 N. 27th St., diners peruse the restaurant’s traditional American Chinese food menu. But if they ask, they receive a white menu, complete with the spicy Chinese dishes co-owner Jianbin Dong, 40, said are the more authentically
By Amanda Mobley Guenther Elham Taheri, one of the photographers exhibiting at the current Nebraska Mosaic’s New American Art Showcase, journeyed from her home country of Iran to start a new life with her parents in Lincoln. When family members received word that they had approval to come to the United States, they were told
The New Americans Spring Art Showcase opened Friday night at the Lux Center for the Arts in Lincoln, highlighting the work of three immigrants to Lincoln as well as a number of works by Lincoln high school students. The show continues throughout May. Wesaam Al-Badry is a photographer who emigrated from Iraq in 1994. Al-badry’s … Read More
By Kay Kemmet The scars on Elvira Baques’ face are faded and difficult to see. But the impact on her life hasn’t gone away. Baques had been in the United States for only three weeks when her fiancé beat her up, repeatedly bit her cheek, causing the large scar, punched her in the face, and … Read More
By Laura Smith Poison ivy rarely leads to anything good. Your skin turns to a red, patchy rash and you have so many itches you don’t know where to begin scratching. Lisa Hiatt is severely allergic to poison ivy. She hates poison ivy, actually. But if it hadn’t thrived in her backyard, she would have … Read More