TSOS Associate Director, Liz Jevtic Somlai, was interviewed by Julie Rose on the Top of Mind podcast: Making Room for Refugees.
“I was what I like to call the ‘non-sexy’ refugee, because I didn’t fit the profile of the media. And no one listened to any of my story.“
Listen to the full podcast here.
Thank you to BYU radio and Top of Mind for interviewing Liz and for highlighting refugee stories.
Helping ITPs Succeed: Insights from Leading Support Programs
Partner Profile: No One Left Behind
Their Story is Our Story and No One Left Behind (NOLB) joined forces in 2025 to launch the StoryShield program.
We spoke with Matthew Marcellus, Director of Communications with NOLB, and asked what the partnership with TSOS has meant for his organization and their Afghan clients.
Context with Layma
Social media presents us with an endless scroll of headlines and ‘hot takes’. What’s often missing is context. What is the history that led up to an event? Whose interests are served by a certain policy? What effects is that policy having on people’s lives? Layma Murtaza produces and hosts the video series “Context with Layma”, featured on Their Story is Our Story’s social media channels. We spoke to her about the context of her own life, as an Afghan-American and a professional in humanitarian aid, that led her to use storytelling to illuminate the personal and political context behind the headlines.