Where are you from and what brought you to Seattle? Rashad was born in the “other Washington”–Washington DC. Rashad joined the United States Air Force, which allowed him to live and work across multiple bases in the US and even … Read More
Where are you from and what brought you to Seattle? Sapone is originally from Cambodia. She moved to Washington with her husband and four children in 1983 after originally leaving Cambodia amid the Civil War occuring there through the late … Read More
Where are you from and what brought you to Seattle? Vena and Toan are high school sweethearts and have been married for 53 years! They both attended high school in Quang Ngai, a city in Central Vietnam. Toan served as … Read More
Where are you from and what brought you to Seattle? Evelyn is originally from Puerto Rico. From Puerto Rico she moved to the East Coast of the US before eventually settling in Seattle in 2022. She moved to be closer … Read More
Where are you from and what brought you to Seattle? Jackie was born in Saint Cloud, Minnesota where her family had a farm. The farm grew and raised all kinds of things and she remembers her childhood years on the … Read More
Where are you from and what brought you to Seattle? Dean was born in a village called Pailin in Cambodia where her parents were rice farmers. She remembers that everything on the farm was done and built by hand and … Read More
Truc is originally from Dalat, Vietnam–located in the central part of the country. The Vietnam War was happening during his youth and early adulthood. At the age of 20, he was drafted and served as a military officer for the … Read More
Originally from the South West (Arizona), Ellen and her husband, Chuck, have been calling the Pacific NorthWest home since 2010. She loves the year-round greenery, flowers and mountains in Seattle. She also enjoys the weather here much more than Arizona … Read More
Kimly was born in the small village of An Phú in Vietnam. An Phú is next to the Mekong Delta and is one of the most remote places in Vietnam! The village did not have electricity and was all open … Read More
Dan is a Seattle native—born and raised! His family first lived in the White Center neighborhood and he remembers the days when the land between South Park and Tacoma was mostly trees with very few houses in-between. One of his … Read More
Betty is originally from Bogota, Colombia in South America. One of her earliest memories from her childhood is traveling by airplane without her parents to visit her grandmother in another town in Colombia. Betty and her sister were just 4 … Read More