After training for her first swim, Pat Charette grew obsessed with swimming, and decided to swim across the English Channel. Matthew Kielty documents Charette's effort to swim the Channel in memory of her brother.

Pat Gallant-Charette never used to think of herself as an athlete, but after training for the Peaks to Portland race at age 46, she grew obsessed with swimming. Phoebe Little has this story about the world of competitive marathon swimming and the older women who excel at it.

Abdi Saeed speaks about the journey that his mother, Nimo Saeed, has gone through living in Somalia, coming to Maine, and learning English.

The Cambodian community in Portland makes up a very small percentage of population, and as Frank G. Miller and Carole Hoffman discover, struggle to find jobs, learn English, and preserve their own culture.

Alex grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2014, after graduating from college, Alex felt like his life was in danger, so he fled the Congo, came to the US, and applied for asylum. He has been waiting for his asylum case to be heard since then. And now, because of the way the government is currently processing asylum applications, Alex is going to have to wait a lot longer.

In the struggling town of Millinocket, Stearns High School started an international exchange program to help bring in revenue. Ashley Cleek documents the lives of the three Chinese exchange students at the school, as they live in a former mill town and learn English.

Moving to New England from England, Keith Sawyer was bullied as a kid because of his English accent. Peter Lang-Stanton speaks to Sawyer about his attempts to change his accent to fit in and his issues with socialization.

The Cambodian community in Portland makes up a very small percentage of population, and as Carole Hoffman discovers, struggles to find jobs, learn English, and preserve their own culture. As a guest, Hoffman experiences a traditional Cambodian wedding, highlighting how the Cambodian community uses this as a way to ensure their culture is preserved away from home.

With dreams for a good education and life, Khadija Hussein wises to be the first person in her family to graduate from high school. Willa Kammerer speaks to Khadija about being a refugee and Muslim in Maine, dealing with tension between white and black people in Lewiston, and perfecting her English.

With dreams for a good education and life, Khadija Hussein wises to be the first person in her family to graduate from high school. Briget Ganske and Willa Kammerer speak to Khadija about being a refugee and Muslim in Maine, dealing with tension between white and black people in Lewiston, and perfecting her English.

The Cambodian community in Portland makes up a very small percentage of population, and as Carole Hoffman discovers, struggles to find jobs, learn English, and preserve their own culture. As a guest, Hoffman experiences a traditional Cambodian wedding, highlighting how the Cambodian community uses this as a way to ensure their culture is preserved away from home.