Adem Issa, an employee at Tawakal Express in SeaTac, works on a money transfer for Mohmed Egal, who was sending money to Nairobi, Kenya to help with his brother’s education.

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.