Immigrant Stories: Yesdel Benitez Yesdel Benitez was born in a small town called San Nicolas in Cuba, where most of his family resides today. Growing up, Yesdel had a normal childhood surrounded by family and with a growing love for soccer. Yesdel described how he decorated his room with Portugal Read more
BIIN’s AmeriCorps Members Lead On BIIN has traditionally operated with a small staff, including a rotating cast of unpaid interns, and long relied on volunteers to serve not only on its governing board but also as program leaders. But with the growth in demand for certain programs and anticipated changes Read more
Immigrant Stories: Sanjuana Rodriguez Meet Sanjuana Rodriguez, or “Jenny” as her friends and family call her. Sanjuana was born and raised in Juarez, Mexico. Despite being surrounded by her family, friends, and the life she established for herself, her concern with security in Juarez was the deciding factor in Sanjuana’s Read more
BIINtern sequels: Gloria McIntush, teaching ESL As her final semester as an undergraduate at Texas A&M drew to a close, Gloria McIntush knew what awaited her: the many questions from well-meaning family and friends about what she would do next, the lurking uncertainty that she had come to think of Read more