The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2020

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JULY-AUGUST 2020 45 J ourney Monica Rojas is an American photojournalist posted in Luanda, Angola, with her husband, Regional Security Officer Pablo Rojas, and their 7-year-old son, Alex. Not pictured are Monica and Pablo’s daughters, Briana (28) and Brooke (26), who live stateside in northeast Ohio. August 7, 2019 | Dulles International Airport Getting from the Foreign Service Institute to Angola was a year in the making. Here we are at Dulles International Airport, ready to embark on our three- year assignment in Luanda. We were prepared, we were excited, and we were together. September 2, 2019 | Kwanza River Our family wasted no time getting out and exploring our host country. Our first outing was a sunset cruise along the Kwanza River. A COVID-19 evacuation story in photos. BY MON I CA ROJAS LUANDA TO OHIO A F amily FOCUS ON PANDEMIC DIPLOMACY