Gabriel (center, front) poses for a photo with his family in Ethiopia. Most of his family had immigrated to the U.S. or Europes, so this was the first trip Gabriel has taken to his family’s home country to visit a cherished aunt. (Photo courtesy of Gabriel)

Sara McCaslin is an editor and visual journalist for The Seattle Globalist. She worked for several daily midwest newspapers including The Flint Journal, The Columbia Missourian and The Boone County Journal before moving to Seattle. Sara trains the next generation of journalists through the Globalist Apprenticeship Program and is a graduate of the Journalism School at the University of Missouri.