Brooklyn Bauman: Padilla and Front Row

brooklyn bauman: Front row, from left: Carter Gray, Emma Sul, Danielle Isfeld, Jose Padilla, Sophia Padilla, Saron Teklit, according to Brandon Sun. Saron Teklit, a refugee from Eritrea, knows what it like to stand up for what she believes in. Back row, from left: Emily Liang, Abbie Whetter, Brooklyn Bauman, Abby Wakewich, Sinead Osiuwemu, Abby Grindey, Alejandra Valle. In an African country where Christians can face persecution, she and her family fled. Enlarge Image Alejandra Valle, left, and her tearful friend Sophia Padilla delight in the news Monday they will be flying to Calgary on an all-expenses paid trip to attend a We Day youth empowerment event. They found safe haven in Sudan before they settled, only five months ago, in Brandon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.