Following a 45-minute tantrum, Amy Becker comforts Vialancia, 5, by rocking her gently in the living room in Fort Calhoun Tuesday morning, Feb. 23, 2010. Becker and her husband, Thomas, adopted three children from Haiti: Vialancia, 5, and 15-month-old twins Jean and Jeannette. REBECCA S GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD
Originally from Ohio and a graduate of Ball State University, I moved to Nebraska to join the World-Herald staff in 2004. As a photojournalist, I'm privileged to meet interesting people, learn new things and travel around the country. Whether I'm walking knee-deep in floodwater, kneeling on the sideline of a Husker football game or flying with the Nebraska Air Guard to Germany, my goal is always to tell the story with photos.