A lot has happened since Tat Bellamy-Walker was interviewed for the BCLP in 2018. Bellamy-Walker graduated from the Craig Newmark School of Journalism (CUNY), got started on their journalism career and completed their gender transition.
Armelis D’Orville a 29-year-old freelance photographer on the rise, born and raised in Corona, Queens, developed a passion for the art of photography while taking a 35mm film, black and white course at Queensborough Community College.
Rayson’s Chen’s parents, immigrants from China, had big dreams for their first child. They expected Rayson to become a doctor, lawyer, CEO. Instead, he wanted to become a high school history teacher. That didn’t go over well.
Hassan Iqbal never intended to become a cab driver. When he was a teenager in Lahore, Pakistan, he dreamed about becoming a doctor or an engineer. “But then I put my dreams in the back and said, ‘I have to make money for my siblings, my family.’”
Yves Tong Nguyen (they/she/he) is queer, trans, disabled, Vietnamese, and a sex worker. All of these identities have shaped the way they live their life, which they’ve chosen to live as an activist and community builder, learning the importance of authenticity all the while.