My name is Oyu-Erdene Batzeveg, Oyu  for short, and I am a young professional in Mongolia’s development sector, focusing on women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship. Mongolia is vast in its landscapes, yet home to a relatively small population of just over 3.5 million people. As capitalism takes hold in its own unique way, life is changing rapidly. Traditional family-oriented lifestyles—both in urban and rural settings—are being reshaped, bringing new challenges and opportunities, especially...

Gabby and Partner, Kainsly. By the time you’re reading this, I’ve been in Toledo for four months (if it’s been longer than that, hello time traveller!). At first, what lured me out of my little town in California was my partner. But after flying over again and again, I started to absorb the rich, bustling culture of Toledo, and soon the Midwest felt like a home away from home. The longer I stayed, the more Toledo spoke to me as the right city to grow and navigate my early adulthood while...

When Nina Corder arrived in Toledo as a 19-year-old international student from Malaysia, she couldn’t have imagined that decades later...