Christina Johnson, a mentor with iACT for Refugees, was recently featured in The Daily Texan. Here’s what the paper had to say about her involvement with iACT:

“After college, she hopes to  increase international literacy for refugees, a cause she said she is already working on by mentoring Congolese boys.

‘This year, I began working a lot with refugee children, specifically three high school-aged refugees who came to Austin having trouble with their English,’ Johnson said.

Acting as the boys’ mentor, Johnson assigns them weekly writing assignments to practice their English. She said their responses were often eccentric and full of character.

‘It’s fun to read their tales about dragons [and their] stories that provide many details about their individual pasts,” Johnson said. “We really like to talk a lot about story ideas. I think a main reason why the mentorship has been so rewarding for both me and my students is because we each love talking about whatever is on our mind'”.

Read the full article here.