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Neža Musar

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For as long as I remember, I was interested in people. Not in a creepy, stalking way, but more in a sense of this genuine wish to find out their story, to find out who they are. Here also lies the reason for my love of languages, and as of today I speak nine. I am from Slovenia and volunteered during the 2015 refugee“crisis”; spending more time in the refugee centers than in school. This might not have helped my formal education but gave me the opportunity to simply be there for people and listen to what they wanted to tell me. Experiences I got while working there through my freshman and sophomore years of high school led me to start my major in social work, which I haven’t completed. People are often fixated on the future, trying to find the answer for what will happen in the next few years, but I have no idea. I hope I will be able to move from Slovenia and maybe start a new project, but as of right now I just try and take each day as it comes.

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Neža Musar
What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

By the end of 2025, more than 117.8 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced by war, persecution, or human rights abuses — and 45 million of them are children.

They arrive in refugee camps and countries seeking safety and carrying little: legal papers, if they're lucky. A backpack. A child's hand in theirs.

What they carry that we can't see is heavier: fractured families, homes they'll never return to, professions they loved, friends and relatives they may never see again.

In a climate where immigrant stories are often ignored or twisted, we believe stories are a form of justice. When someone shares what they survived, they reclaim their voice. When we amplify it through film, photography, and advocacy, the world listens. Hearts soften. Policy begins to shift.

Because when a lawmaker sees a person instead of a statistic, and a neighbor understands instead of fears, rebuilding becomes possible.

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— Kristen Smith Dayley, Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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