Four Hartford Portraits

Tang$auce is a young musician, dancer and actor, whose message is "Peace, Love and Positivity."

Azeb is from Ethiopia.  She came here six years ago to attend school.  Now she works in
 information technology at a Hartford insurance company.   Her daughter is two.
She was going to have her face painted but was having second thoughts.

Ron is having a tough time.  He lost both his job and his house.
He stays with different friends and moves around a lot.  He wants to be a singer and songwriter.
Despite his problems, Ron tries to be positive.

It's a long story, but I ended up at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts by mistake.  Not one to waste an opportunity, I got a tour of the school from Jeff, the principal.  When I asked
for a photograph, the shy and retiring Jeff grabbed a handful of the students
who were trailing behind us and stood against a mural.