During the Spring of 2021, my friends Shawna and Jonathon, the co-founders of UrbanPromise Nashville, asked if I would take photos of the organization’s after school program. They became an official affiliate site of UP International just the fall before, and were already hosting a number of refugee students. I volunteered to photograph the kids, staff, and mentors as they tutored in different subjects, participated in a thoughtful group lesson plan, ate snacks, and played. UPN’s holistic approach addresses multiple needs within Nashville’s refugee population, one being educational outreach on the elementary level. They are actively changing lives in our community.