Toy Len Goon received global attention after winning the award for American Mother of the Year in 1952. She was the first Chinese immigrant to be recognized by the organization, which celebrates mothers who quote "provide an inspiration to the nation." Toy dined with First Lady Bess Truman and was honored by a parade through the New York Chinatown. But now, she can't be found in a standard American history textbook.

Portland, Maine's business tend to close up shop in the early evening. But the third shift and overnight workers of the peninsula are still hard at work. Here is a Saturday night when I got to meet a few of them.

Mary Weaver Dutch's participation in her newest hobby of curling was cut short by a debilitating illness. 25 years after her diagnosis, she was given a chance to play again at a caliber greater than ever before. This is her story.

When the first elephant came to Maine, she was a wonder. People had never seen an elephant before. It was the early 1800s, and America was a new country, sorting out its morals. So when she was shot and killed in Alfred, ME, the outrage over her death revealed a lot about our young country.

Since 2010, ICE has allowed a community of Indonesians to stay in New Hampshire without having legal status. That is, until August 2017, when some were told they had to leave the country in two months. This audio feature tells the story of the Sombahs, one family affected by the change in policy.

The Rwandan Genocide occurred in 1994, and two decades later, families continue to grapple with the trauma it caused. Olivier Mushumba talks about his experience surviving the genocide and what his family looks like today.

Manny Pena and Karen Rasmussen are a happily married couple living in Maine but, until last year, Manny was also undocumented. After an unexpected illness, the couple is forced to fight for Manny's legal status.

Darrell Young wasn't making a lot of money as a fisherman, but then everything changes when a little-known fishery suddenly becomes lucrative. When a government commission tries to shut that fishery down, Darrell decides he has to do something to save it, even if that means leaving Maine for the first time.

In the past year, the rural town of Monson has been in transition. A non profit organization has invested millions of dollars into the economically struggling town in the hopes of attracting artists to work and live. The townspeople of Monson share their opinions on what all this change means for the town, and what could possibly come next.

Studying zebrafish due to their ability to regrow their own heart tissue, Dr. Voot Yin has developed a compound that could allow human heart tissue to regenerate itself. Lila Cherneff highlights the work that Dr. Yin has done with zebrafish, and speaks about his own life experiences dealing with anger

Within the medical field, there are actors known as standardized patients that help medical students with their studies. Lindsey Kilbride documents the work that goes into being a standardized patient, how emotional situations occur in their scenarios, and biases that may be brought in with the actors.