SpokaneFāVS is pleased to welcome Admir Rasic to its team of columnists.
Rasic was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina shortly before the start of the Yugoslav wars and was raised as a war refugee in Germany. He and his family came to the U.S. in 2000.
He has a degree in English Literature and is a proud husband and father.
For SpokaneFāVS he plans on writing about Islam and social justice issues.
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Tracy Simmons is an award winning journalist specializing in religion reporting, digital entrepreneurship and social journalism. In her 15 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti.
Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Currently she serves as the executive director of SpokaneFAVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Wash. She is also a Scholarly Assistant Professor at Washington State University.