Becoming a doctor is a notoriously difficult, competitive, and expensive endeavor for anyone to undertake. Try doing it as an impoverished Latina girl with 9 siblings.

Few people enjoy leaving the comforts of home to start over in a strange new land. But when your family's lives are in danger, you have to do what you have to do.

In the 1980s and 90s, Nepali people living in Bhutan suddenly found themselves without a home - they were wanted neither in Bhutan nor in Nepal. We learn here of a Nepali family struggling to learn what it means to belong.

How do you support your family while living in a refugee camp with no jobs? We hear of a father who did just that.

Life is short and fragile. You never know when your life could be completely changed, in an instant.

What does it take to change a parent's mind about a boyfriend? We hear about a mom who tried just about everything.

The sister of a KNU military leader flees from the Burmese Army...while pregnant.

What if you had to decide between staying in the country you love and moving to strange, cold new place with your family? We hear from a Nepali man about this difficult choice.

This story chronicles the difficulties of being a single mother in Southeast Asia.