For over six years, I have worked as an interpreter for asylum seekers, primarily assisting Venezuelans, but also individuals from a variety of nationalities. My role has given me a front-row seat to the harrowing experiences of those fleeing unimaginable horrors. Each story and each person I’ve encountered has profoundly impacted me, reinforcing a fundamental […]
I was scared of the dark. I was terrified of things under my bed. One time, as a kid, I heard my own heartbeat and it scared me. I was a chicken when I was young. Perhaps it was all the legends my parents used to tell me or the episodes of “Unsolved Mysteries.” Either […]
My name is Irene Yibirin, and I am Venezuelan. I’m also Latina, Hispanic, and Ibero-American; but above all, I am Venezuelan. When you live in a country as big as the United States – a country that stretches across half a continent, it can be easy to forget how much smaller our countries are by […]
Comic books were Pablo Youngs’ first introduction to art. Youngs and his brothers grew up reading superhero comics. He was particularly fascinated when he learned that different artists designed each character and story. Youngs found himself seeking out the artists as much as the fictional characters when selecting his books. Once he began drawing, he […]