Shuran Huang

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www.shuran.photography

Foster Migrant Children

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Location: Washington D.C.

Nationality: Chinese

Biography: Originally from China, Shuran Huang (she/her) is a photographer based in Washington, D.C. As an international resident, she often confronts the reality of assimilating and adapting to new communities. These experiences developed her passion for... read on

Skills: Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Lighting Tech, Audio Recording, Photo Assisting, Cataloging, Color Correction, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Book Layout/Design, Photo Editing, Coding CSS, Coding HTML, Mixed Media, Print Making, Animation, Copywriting, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Motion Graphics, Product Design, Retouching, Video Editing, Film Processing, Film Photography

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One of the migrant children in the care of Christi, a foster mother in Maryland, is excited as she goes to grab a swimming suit.

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LEFT: Foster mom Christi gets strawberries ready for her migrant children after they come home from school.
RIGHT: One of the migrant children paints a coloring book at home.

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"Our conviction for [taking in migrant children] has only gotten stronger as time goes on," says Christi. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe. I know that they're safe, I know that they're loved, I know that they're cared for."

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Christi holds a migrant child's hand as they walk to the swimming pool.

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After the migrant children come home from school, they work on a princess coloring book.

Public Story

Foster Migrant Children

Credits: shuran huang

Date of Work: 07/01/19 - 07/01/19

Updated: 10/21/19

Christi is not a typical foster mother. She takes in migrant children from Central America who have been separated from their families at the border.

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