Liz Goodwin

Liz Goodwin ’08, returning to her Texas roots, writes about immigration and politics for Yahoo News. She's traveled to the Mexican border to write about the complications of immigration enforcement and to primary states to stalk Rick Perry. After graduation, she moved to Costa Rica and wrote for an English-language newspaper
before moving to New York to work for the Daily Beast as an assistant editor. She now lives in Brooklyn and really wants a dog. She posts when she can on her website.

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2008

Rookie Redux

I realized that college was over when I opened up the large diploma case to show my family the product of four years’ labor and found...

Alumni | September-October 2008

Man with a Plan

Afam Onyema ’01 has a job that he wakes up “hungry” to pursue, that has become the passion of his life.

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2008

Getting My Feet Wet

I remember many things from my cousin’s wedding—my poofy bridesmaid’s dress, the humidity, how pretty the small church looked...

Alumni | May-June 2008

Identity Seeker

Sergio Troncoso ’83 showed up in Cambridge in 1979 with a suitcase full of T-shirts brought from his hometown on the Texas-Mexico border...

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2008

Applying Yourself

On a hot September day in 2004, President Lawrence H. Summers was addressing the large group of newly arrived freshmen and their parents about...