(All photos taken by photographer Nancy Stone for Nourishing Hope) Every morning, Daniela Flores wakes up at 3 a.m. to drive her husband to work. Then she makes breakfast for her four young daughters and drives them to school by 7:30 a.m. Her day is a whirlwind of activities from there — groceries, errands, cooking […]
Lisbeth Camacho and her son, Jose, stand for a portrait outside Sheridan Market. (All photos by Abel Uribe for Nourishing Hope) Lisbeth Camacho is starting over. She’s one of more than 41,000 migrants and asylum seekers to arrive in Chicago since Aug. 31, 2022. She left her native Venezuela last September, accompanied by family including […]
(All photos taken by Abel Uribe for Nourishing Hope.) From his 10th floor apartment in Uptown, Francisco Berrios has a sweeping southern view of Chicago, including the spectacle of Wrigley Field prominent in the foreground. Now limited in his mobility, the 82-year-old peers sometimes through the binoculars on his nightstand to explore the sights of […]
(A photo of Pamela Moore-Thompson’s family, from left: Big Ma, Dad, Grandma and Mom.) When Pamela Moore-Thompson thinks about Black History Month, she starts with her hometown of Robbins, a proud Black community in Chicago’s south suburbs. She reflects on her grandmother, known affectionately as Big Ma, despite her diminutive stature just barely clearing […]
(Angela Rojas, in middle with black baseball cap, speaks to a family at Nourishing Hope’s Sheridan Market on a recent morning. All photos by Alyssa Schukar for Nourishing Hope.) Angela Rojas first began playing violin when she was just 6 years old. Her passion for the instrument brought her to Chicago last year to pursue […]