Laura Shipler Chico is a peacebuilder, facilitator and aspiring writer. She is the author of This Light that Pushes Me: Stories of African Peacebuilders, and various articles, including an essay published by This I Believe and aired on National Public Radio in the United States. This is her first time participating in a WM competition.
Her father held her small plump hand as they walked through the tunnel that separated the foreigners’ compound from the world outside. She stepped out of the dark with a thrill, following her father onto the grey Moscow street.