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For NPR, Lexi Parra ’18 Photographs Girl Scout Troop 6000, Which Is “Giving Hope” to Migrant Children Whose Parents Are Seeking Asylum

A group of young girls sitting at a table wearing Troop 6000 t-shirts raise their arms in the air and give the thumbs up.

Girl Scout Troop 6000. Photo by Lexi Parra ’18 for NPR, courtesy the photographer

Alumna Lexi Parra ’18 contributed photography and video to an NPR article about Girl Scout Troop 6000, a New York City–based troop composed of the daughters of asylum seekers. Parra’s photos and videos accompany the story of Troop 6000, whose members take part in traditional scouting activities, as well as supporting each other through the traumas associated with migrancy. “This is probably the only sense of stability they have right now,” Giselle Burgess, founder and senior director of Troop 6000, told NPR. The mission of Troop 6000 aligns with the broader mission of the Girl Scouts, said Meredith Mascara, CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater New York. “They will be the ones running the city,” Mascara said. “I’m proud that Girl Scouts are part of that.”