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Analicia Nicholson acaba de iniciar el trabajo más grande que ha tenido jamás: ella es la nueva superintendente del Distrito de Servicios Educativos Douglas. En una reciente llamada por Zoom, compartió sus esperanzas, miedos y todo lo...  Read More

Analicia Nicholson just started the biggest job she’s ever had: She’s the new superintendent of the Douglas Educational Service District. On a recent Zoom call, she shared her hopes, fears, and all the unknowns of the position—and somehow...  Read More

Liz Hill’s bright trajectory into the realm of government and politics all started in her Coos Bay high school. With the encouragement of then-high school principal Arnie Roblan, Hill took her first trip to Salem as part of Marshfield High...  Read More

Cassandra Kasten-Arias discovered her twin passions for biology and community service as a student at Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School in Beaverton, spending volunteer hours to pull invasive weeds. At Aloha High School, she...  Read More

Leif Coorlim says there are two clear themes in his work as an executive editor at CNN: justice and opportunity. Whether uncovering evidence of human trafficking in the southern United States or speaking before the European Parliament...  Read More

Just being alive is a miracle Ford Scholar Dr. SreyRam Kuy is grateful for every day. Having her mother still living is an even greater joy.Both barely escaped the “killing fields” of Cambodia, where 2 million others perished under the...  Read More

The foster care system is too familiar for Pamela Heisler. She knows firsthand the type of struggles families face before they lose their children.That’s why she accepted a new position in January with the Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon,...  Read More

Twenty-five years ago, Richard Kitumba was a child living in the midst of a violent civil war. The Springfield resident, now 36, grew up in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a war-torn region of eastern Africa.“The Democratic Republic of...  Read More