Emily Files
The World Intern
Emily Files is an intern with The World and a journalism student at Emerson College.
Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have learned Korean cooking from this woman
Seon Joo Oh, a grandmother in her 60s, teaches Korean cooking classes at the Milwaukee Recreation Department. She says her own grandmother back in South Korea lived to be 105 years old and told her that you’re never too old to learn something new. Now she wants to pass that on to her community in the US.
A teen who escaped Syria waits for a future in the US
19-year-old Fouad Faris fled his hometown of Aleppo, Syria, a year ago and moved in with his aunt and uncle in Shrewsbury, MA. He left behind bombs and tear gas, but also education, friends and family. For the past seven months, he’s been waiting for asylum and a chance to restart his life.
American ballerina lobs a $10,000 accusation at the Bolshoi Company
Texas native Joy Womack was the first American to be accepted to the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. She graduated a year ago, and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company, which was her childhood dream. A week ago, she quit, telling a Russian newspaper that a director told her to pay $10,000 for a solo.
