When Sharon Griffin Doorasamy traveled to South Africa for her ICWA fellowship (1994–1996), she had been a feature writer and contributing columnist on African affairs at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Post-fellowship, she produced and edited books on world history and civil rights movements for teenagers and young adults. Sharon is now a writer in the North Carolina law office of Alan Doorasamy, chronicling the stories of undocumented immigrants seeking to become lawful residents or citizens of the United States.