When Frank Chan emigrated to the U.S from his native China, he didn't know one word of english. Twenty years later, Chan runs a successful business and calls New York his home. Nastasia Boulos reports. 

Frank Chan

The ferry from Manhattan to Governor’s Island may be a five-minute ride, but on Sunday, it served as a time machine. Destination: 1863. A group of men and women got together to reenact the Civil War. Nastasia Boulos reports.

Relive the Civil War

 A love of reading – and perhaps a less–than-favorable beginning – has led  Luis Alfonso Silva Romo to become one of the youngest, and most successful, public figures in Oaxaca, in the south of Mexico. Nastasia Boulos reports. 

Luis Alfonso

Forty percent of students who entered high school in Brooklyn in 2007 failed to graduate four years later. A hip-hop dancer and spoken word poet is using an unconventional approach to motivate these high school dropouts. Nastasia Boulos reports. 

Nastasia Boulos

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