Author: Sofia Barahona

Happy Holidays! Thank you for a great semester 🙂

For my radio story, I will be interviewing my friend Jalileh Garcia who is a senior Human Rights student at Columbia University and also the Honduras news curator for Central American News. She is currently in Honduras and has been there since the beginning of COVID so I plan to talk about how the pandemic has been managed in the country. What are the lockdown restrictions, what was the government’s response and how people are surviving in a country where over 60% of the population lives below the poverty line and works informal jobs.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tIQkdzF92M1S1jRlfp-1oQyYT3Zajpr76ZXQHLu0Ho4/edit?usp=sharing

For my photo essay, I am planning on covering the owner of Ridgewood Pupusas – a newly opened Salvadoran restaurant. As someone who Central American, I am about this place because it’s so rare to find our cuisine in New York. I intend to document the story of the owner and their journey from fleeing the war in El Salvador back in the 80s to opening their own business. I am particularly interested in showing the details about how they carry their heritage with pride.