Summer in the West
Photo courtesy of W endy Lynn W right
by Nyeema Haigler
“Y
ou have to look through the
rain to see the rainbow…”
The first plane I boarded in
New York was large and crowded, so
14
crowded I was only allowed one carry-
on bag.
We landed in Dallas, Texas in an air-
port which was very large and modern.
Cenizo
Fourth Quarter 2018
As I waited for my connecting flight to
El Paso, I sat near the cell phone charg-
er station. Sitting there, thinking about
the absence of diversity in cultures and
waiting for the connecting flight, left me
pessimistic about my journey.
I was born and raised in the Bronx,
New York. I graduated from an All-Girls