July 10, 2022 Thikana 71, Boropukria Rajshahi, Bangladesh Our little school had our year-end program on June 16th: Thomas, Marcy, Brock,...

June 13, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh. Jara and Dean arrived the evening of May 25th. I wore one of my sarees...

May 10, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh “How was your birthday?” the message from home reads. And so I tell them....

May 2, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh When I think about this last month, one word comes to mind: food. Mama...

April 16, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh Dhaka wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It’s a nice place full...

March 13, 2022 Siza Court, Monipuri Para Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh March 2nd was for some, a sadder day than for others, but still a...

February 7, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh I am awoken by strange music. A peek around my green curtains...

January 13, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh I enter the fish market. The smells of the daily catch waft through...

December 22, 2021 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh Bangladesh has no Christmas. With less than 1% of the population...

November 24, 2021 Choryghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh The power is off. I’m sitting on my balcony in the darkness. I...

October 28, 2021 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh Morning dawns, and sleepy eyes open. Then, they shut again, because...

September 30, 2021 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh Imagine you are in your hometown. I don’t know where you live, but...

September 11, 2021 Denver International Airport I trudge through security and wave a last goodbye to my parents. I descend the stairs to...