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And of course I was the only black person on this billboard and the reason is, that they were getting ready for their 2010 Expo, and so part of the heading was to let people know that China was open to the world and to people of all backgrounds. So I felt that was my moment in the sun.

Interview with Judi Brown

March 30, 2015

Judi Brown tells Huda Shaltry how a photo taken when she was working at the Shanghai American School in China ended up as part of China's campaign for its Expo 2010 Shanghai.

A photo of Judi Brown taken when she was working at the Shanghai American School in China

On Saturday afternoons Judi volunteered to help Chinese university students and people from her neighbourhood with English conversation. An open house which she held in December 2008 to show how Westerners celebrate Christmas proved so popular that both a newspaper and a TV crew came to cover the occasion.

Listen to Judi Brown describe how the photo came to be taken and how it ended up where it did.