Rachel Sherman is a freelance writer and master’s student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Rachel is inspired by the power of stories to bridge divides and foster empathy. After six years in the social and private sectors, she pivoted careers from international development to journalism. Rachel is a Texan transplant living in Brooklyn. She reports on the Bronx.

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Embracing Mexican Traditions in a Church Founded for Italian Immigrants

by Rachel Sherman 12-09-2019

Call it an American melting pot – or pozole, a traditional Mexican soup, or cioppino, an Italian-American fisherman’s stew – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx welcomes worshippers from more than a dozen nations.