As we wrap up Zip Code Economies 1.5, we want to know how young people are faring. So we reconnect with Nefiso and Najmo Abdi, twin sisters we met as high schoolers from San Diego’s tight-knit Somali community. Now in college and navigating the intersection of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests, they recognize you can’t put a timeline on change. Instead, they focus on what they can—learning from this time of turmoil and making sure their voices are heard.
Interviewees:
- Nefiso Abdi
- Najmo Abdi
![2 women in a hallway smiling with oversized cards reading: caring and home](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Barrio-Logan-Parents.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![President Mary Daly and SF Fed staff member Ellen Chan in a recording session with a community leader by the U.S.-Mexico border fence](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Barrio-Logan-Students.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![12 students from diverse ethnic backgrounds holding oversized cards, reading: family, awesome, awareness, success, beautiful, hope, future, inspire, believe, college, education, comforting](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Interviewing-at-the-Border.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![President Mary Daly with 5 community leaders holding oversized cards reading: be (you) tiful, resilient, supportive, diverse, passionate](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Reality-Changers.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Street sign reads: Mexico only, no USA return](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Border-Sign.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Rusted metal fence at U.S.-Mexico border](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/U.S.-Mexico-Border.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Woman smiling with an oversized card reading: freedom](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Freedom-One-Word.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Najmo twins being interviewed](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Twins.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Najmo twins being interviewed](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Twins2.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)