Have you ever seen a dandelion grow in the snow? Somehow that little yellow flower finds the sunlight and spreads its petals to the sky. Sometimes love can be that way too; determined, head-on, with no regard for obstacles. This, in fact, is the story of how Patty and Geo Perez’s love came to flourish… Read more »
Cover photo courtesy of Jack Brooks: Jack Brooks (left), Capt. Stefan Derewetzky (center) and First Officer Jessica Christofersen (right). A few years ago, 13-year-old Jack Brooks was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory disease in the digestive tract. With frequent visits to the Iowa City Children’s Hospital, it gave him the opportunity to… Read more »
Cover photo: Mia Holt (left), her son Morgan (middle), and her mother Erica (right). (Photo courtesy of Mia Holt) “I’m going to fly around the world; me and my baby!” Mia Holt shouted as she zoomed around her grandmother’s house with her son in her arms anticipating the chance to work for Envoy. Erica Holt,… Read more »
La Soufrière, the largest volcano and the highest peak on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, erupted last Friday, April 9, for the first time in more than four decades. The eruption generated an impressive cloud of ash that covered nearby communities and left the main island’s entire population without… Read more »
As a child, Jerin Charles says she dreamed of seeing the world. As a part-time Lead Agent at Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND) — in the island nation of Grenada — the native Grenadian has achieved that dream, and brewed up a business in the process. For the past three and a half years, 23-year-old… Read more »