Student Stories
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Behind the Camera with Tsering Lama: Documenting Domestic Workers’ Fight for Rights
Tsering Lama knows something about story-telling. Perhaps that’s because she herself has quite a story to tell. Tsering is a Tibetan refugee, born and raised in Nepal. She came to the U.S. in 2008 hoping to work in health care, and studied psychology while supporting herself as a domestic worker. “Basically, I’ve been working and…
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Kayleigh Truman’s Journey to Broadway, and Beyond
Kayleigh Truman was destined for the spotlight. Not in it: the person behind it, running the show. Kayleigh grew up in the theatre. “My parents met at a famous old vaudeville house, Proctor’s in Schenectady, New York, so they always called me a ‘Product of Proctor’s.’ My dad got his union card when I was…
