Meet Dorokasi

“Actually, I feel so excited. I can’t explain it,” says Dorokasi Nzabonimpa, sitting in the first home she purchased in the United States. “I didn’t expect this much.” She and her family, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, moved into their house less …

Meet Francisco

Learning in a New Home “I never miss classes,” says Francisco Ariel Frandin Cribe. Each Tuesday and Thursday morning for the past five years, the 75-year-old ventured out of his home and rode Louisville’s TARC bus to KRM’s elder program …

Navigating a New Home

During the first couple years of a family’s arrival in Kentucky, they rely almost exclusively on public transit to travel around their new home. Whether they are riding the TARC in Louisville or Lextran in Lexington, families have to quickly …

Meet Omar

Uganda to Louisville When Omar Abukar Omar, 22, was at the hotel, he received medication from the International Organization for Migration. He knew this was one of the last steps before he could board a plane for the United States. …