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During the pandemic, four female-identifying artists of color reflect on how the global health crisis and simultaneous social justice uprisings impact their trajectory and mission as artists in a predominantly white arts community just outside Boston.

For Arshay Cooper, rowing is a safe space, a source of healing, and an opportunity for a better life. He traveled to Cape Town, South Africa to share that opportunity with students at the Lawhill Maritime Centre. Arshay’s main goal: to empower a generation. He works to help underserved students access the opportunities that helped him find a better life. “We’re not waiting on Superman,” he says. “We’re waiting on ourselves.”

In December 2022, the only full-service supermarket for Baltimore's Pigtown neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods closed, creating yet another food desert in the city and adding to the racially and socioeconomically divided controversy around food access.

Role: Producer, Videographer, Editor

When the Ibrahim family received approval from the UN to immigrate to the U.S. as refugees, they were elated. Struggling to find housing in the city, they received Section 8 housing in Jefferson, a rural Oregon agricultural town. Using their athletic ability, they adapted to life in a conservative pocket of the U.S., and built community through running.

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For KUTX Artist of the Month.

For KUTX.

Stone Wang knew his first year as a teacher would be difficult – but he never could have predicted the added challenge of teaching during a pandemic.

For KUT’s La Frontera.

Made for Street Roots newspaper / Videographer, Editor, Producer

Austin band Superfónicos' new project, Cumbéalo, is more than just a song. It incorporates rhythms that follow the history of cumbia across continents, from Africa to Colombia to Texas and tells the story of the music that keeps them rooted in their shared Colombian heritage.