Roseanne Pereira
Roseanne Pereira grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She graduated from Yale with a degree in literature. She then moved to San Francisco, CA where she studied creative writing, eventually earning her MFA from the University of San Francisco in 2004. After freelancing for newspapers in the Bay area, she was one of three Kroc fellows selected to spend a year in Washington, DC learning radio journalism at NPR. One of Roseanne's most memorable summer jobs was as an ESL and American culture instructor for refugees resettled in Louisville, KY. One of her students, Solomon, a refugee from Sudan, told her she worked well with international people and should keep it up. She hopes to follow Solomon's advice while at MPR.
Recent Contributions
- Chinese lessons take students far
- Born in war, the Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars play music for peace
- Local Somalis help educate students in Minnesota, and Kenya
- Hmong women chart their future
- USA Cup kicks it up a notch with the Web
- Young farmer shares new vision for Hmong farming
- Torture survivor advocates call for change
- West Africa comes to Minneapolis through music
- The reasons for World Refugee Day
- Farmers' markets boom across Minnesota