Posts from Cape Town, South Africa in Immigration/Refugees from 2019

At Scalabrini, one of the first things we learned in orientation was about the mission of the organization. By working …

You know those walls with clocks from all over the world? I’ve always thought we needed one in my house. …

In my first blog, I touched on how I’ve been pushed out of my comfort zone on this trip, the …

This weekend marks four weeks on this trip or in other words, the halfway mark. My post today is slightly …

It was another weekday at work. I was going through the list of clients to be seen that day, and …

One by one, I would call out a name from that day’s sign-up sheet. Instantly, I would see some movement …

This past weekend we joined our colleagues at Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) for their annual work retreat. Eating breakfast 2 days …

It was my first real day at work. The previous day, I had shadowed the person I would be filling …

I was born in post-apartheid South Africa and moved to the US within months of 9/11. My childhood adventures in …