Born in the state of Durango, Mexico, Cecil and her mother came to the United States hoping to flee economic hardships when Cecil was nine years old. In California, Cecil adjusted to life as an...
Cecilia is a longform magazine writer, cultural anthropologist, and a cultural and storytelling consultant. She has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Magazine and Texas Monthly. You...
Shivani Radhakrishnan Shivani was born in Middletown, New York, to Indian parents from Bangalore and Baroda who met while working together in the Catskills. Growing up around Gujarati and Tamil,...
Diana Delgado Cornejo Born in Lima, Peru, 2019 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Diana Delgado Cornejo was five when she hopped on a plane to Los Angeles with her parents, both computer...
Celina Yong is an interventional cardiologist and health disparities researcher. She was born to parents who immigrated from Singapore to Canada, who then brought her as a child to immigrate to the...
Celine Calpo hails from “the most southwesterly city” in the United States—Imperial Beach, California. Her father, Vito, is a former Overseas Filipino Worker who now works as a hotel houseman on the...
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows are known to be explorers, pushing through doors, and starting conversations to enhance societies in America and abroad, and it’s difficult to find someone who embodies...
Cesar was born in Caracas, Venezuela and came to this country with his mother when he was 14. Cesar received his BA in international politics from New York University in 2010. He studied abroad in...
CESAR LOPEZ ANGEL was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Cesar came with his family to San Jose, California when he was four. His parents worked multiple labor-intensive jobs for minimum wages in the hopes...
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Charlie ChangWon Lee was ten when his parents and younger brother immigrated to the United States in search of a new beginning. Growing up in a Korean American community...