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Co-founder of the Somali American Bar Association. President of the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers. Amran has used her professional success to create opportunities for other Somali attorneys—and the people they serve.

Category: Profiles

Amran Farah is likely the first Somali American to make partner at a high-power Minnesota law firm. Now she’s helping to pick the next U.S. Attorney.

Hamse Warfa has lived the immigrant experience. Now in charge of Minnesota’s employment and training programs, he’s intent on building bridges for those left behind.

‘So many stories I didn’t know’: Kao Kalia Yang started out writing her family’s refugee memoir. Now she’s sharing the journeys of others.

The cost of practicing journalism for an Ethiopian reporter? A jail cell, a caravan across the Sahara, a raft on the Mediterranean — and exile in Minnesota.

For Timberwolves’ Gersson Rosas, immigrant experience fueled rise to a top NBA job

John Keller, Minnesota’s chief deputy attorney general, continues to fight for the rights of new Americans

Injuries. Trolls. Her own nerves. Gymnast Sunisa Lee battles them all in Olympic quest

Using long-held techniques from his native Mexico, local Latino man treats the aches and pains of his customers

In a split vote, one Minnesota county says ‘yes’ to more refugees

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