As part of the PBS American Portrait Series, WNED PBS is taking some of the stories from our Making Buffalo Home project and both preparing them for a national audience while featuring them on WBFO. You can hear the segments every Monday morning for the next several weeks.
Juweria Dahir was born in Somalia amid a civil war. Relocated to Switzerland and then later the UK, she moved to the US as a result of love her now-husband grew up in Buffalo, NY. Rooted in her spirituality, Juweria is raising her family, working on a master’s degree, and striving to be a change-maker in the community.
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As part of the PBS American Portrait Series, WNED PBS is taking some of the stories from our Making Buffalo Home project and both preparing them for a national audience while featuring them on WBFO. You can hear the segments every Monday morning for the next several weeks.
When she was only two, Beh Meh and her family fled the wars in Myanmar to a refugee camp. After nine years there, her family was accepted by the USA. Knowing no English, she was welcomed warmly by a middle school teacher in Buffalo, NY. As a direct result of that kindness, she is now attending college working towards earning her own teaching degree.
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As part of the PBS American Portrait Series, WNED PBS is taking some of the stories from our Making Buffalo Home project and both preparing them for a national audience while featuring them on WBFO. You can hear the segments every Monday morning for the next several weeks.
Michael Nguyen and his family immigrated to America from Vietnam in the early 1990’s. His family opened one of the first Vietnamese grocery stores in Buffalo. Michael helped expand the business, and now shares his love traditional Vietnamese cooking through their two area restaurants.
Share your American Portrait moment at www.pbs.org/american-portrait . Production support has been provided by a grant from PBS and by viewers like you.
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As part of the PBS American Portrait Series, WNED PBS is taking some of the stories from our Making Buffalo Home project and both preparing them for a national audience while featuring them on WBFO. You can hear the segments every Monday morning for the next several weeks.
Today, meet Miriam Adekoya and her mother Risikat, both originally from Nigeria.
When they need to re-connect with their West African heritage, it often means spending time in the kitchen together, making traiditonal Jollof Rice.
Share your American Portrait moment at www.pbs.org/american-portrait
Production support has been provided by a grant from PBS and by viewers like you.