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.’”