Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
Shirley Reilly, who is of Iñupiat descent, has compiled a noteworthy record as a world-class wheelchair racer. (The Iñupiat are a group of Alaska Natives; their wide-ranging traditional territory extends from Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea, to the United States’ border with Canada.) Shirley Reilly was born in Anchorage on May 29,... Continue Reading →
Oscar “Oz” Sanchez, who is of Mexican descent, was born on December 2, 1975, in Los Angeles. By the time he graduated from high school, Sanchez had become heavily involved in gangs and drugs in the inner-city neighborhood where he and his family lived. He was able to turn his life around for the better,... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 