Mercer Island High School junior Subhadra Vadlamannati has been named the winner of the Congressional App Challenge for Washington’s 9th District for her app EduLang, a multilingual library app which bridges the language gap through storytelling. The Congressional App Challenge is a competition aimed at encouraging middle and high school students to learn how to […]

Heather Tow-Yick completed her first 100 days as superintendent of Issaquah School District on Dec. 1. During that time, she met with 125 students, over 100 family and community members, every operational school and program site, met staff and over 50 administrators, Her goals moving forward are to increase and foster equity, inclusion, and access; […]

Sheng Thao has been elected as the next mayor of Oakland, California. She is the first Hmong American woman to lead a major U.S. city, the youngest Oakland mayor in 75 years and the first renter to hold the position. The daughter of of refugees who fled Laos during a genocide, Thao was born and […]

Last month, International Community Health Services (ICHS) raised $78,000 at its ICHS Rooted: 2022 Community Celebration to continue to provide all-inclusive senior care through our Healthy Aging and Wellness Program. ICHS provides culturally and linguistically appropriate health and wellness services and promotes health equity for all.