E31: Paula Tavares

Published: Nov. 24, 2019, 3 p.m.

This week Paula Tavares takes us 350 miles off the West coast of Africa, to the Cape Verde islands. Paula speaks 4 languages, each of them representing her family\u2019s journey from Cape Verde, to Angola, to Boston, Miami and now Raleigh. Working in business and technology, and experiencing immigration and poverty inform Paula's work in the medical field with high-risk patients. She gladly continues a Cape Verdean cultural tradition of raising children of relatives in addition to her own. This large beautifully blended family is part of our city now as they get to know her husband's NC roots.