Mohamed Soumah, a Guinean immigrant, at Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Soumah was deemed a fugitive by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after he missed a deportation meeting with agents due to his ailing health. He has since been granted sanctuary as he requires dialysis for kidney failure three times per week and refuses deportation because of the low medical standards in his home country.
Carlene Old Person serves as the secretary for the Blackfeet MMIP organization. Old Person’s connection to the organization and movement is especially personal after her 20-year-old daughter Vandree went missing on the Blackfeet Reservation last spring. Vandree was found dead four days after going missing.
Meg Fisher has held a rarified place at the top of paracycling for more than a decade, having collected a slew of gold medals at world championships and Paralympics.
Missoula filmmaker Andy Smetanka produced, "A Place (Sort Of),' a found-footage documentary about Missoula.
Annie Belcourt recently took over as department chair for the University of Montana’s Native American Studies Department. Belcourt, a member of the Blackfeet and Three Affiliated Tribes, plans to mentor Indigenous students while continuing her research in uncovering disparities in tribal communities.
Ari LeVaux, food critic for the Missoulian newspaper.
Ahmad Joudeh is a professional dancer and choreographer who grew up in Damascus, Syria and currently resides in the Netherlands. Joudeh created a program that teaches children and orphans of the Syrian civil war how to dance, free of charge.
Brennan Buhl, an actor with Missoula Children’s Theater, puts the final touches on his makeup before a rehearsal, Jan. 14, 2020 in Missoula, Mont.
Bobby Rice is one of the full-time trainers at Montana Reins of Hope, a wild horse sanctuary in Missoula, Mont. Rice, formerly-incarcerated in Sacramento County, met head trainer Joe Misner during his incarceration and has since become one of the full time trainers at Montana Reins of Hope.
Travis Yost at his home in Missoula. Yost, a multi-instrumentalist, adapted his unique talents during the pandemic, a time when indoor live music was put on hold.