Abraham Tesfasilasie, 21, holds his oil painting entitled, “United”, at his apartment in Seattle. Tesfasilasie, along with a friend and fellow artist, is putting on an art show on July 10th to help raise money to perform dental work he needs. The art piece depicts a scene from Asmara, the capitol of Eritrea, where he is from. (Photo by John Lok / The Seattle Times)

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.