Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108Experience the All-Girl Advantage! Admission Open House Sunday, October 23 at 1PM Tours and Shadow Days By appointment Call 207.797.3802 x2022 Maine’s only college preparatory school for girls, educating confident thinkers, compassionate leaders and purposeful change makers. #mainegirlsacad mainegirlsacademy.org 631 Stevens Avenue, Portland | 207.797.3802 MGA PM Oct16.indd 1 9/16/16 11:17 AM 56 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Gretchen Powers from Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi…but it’s not just for Africans. I want locals to come here and share the experience. Portland is much more multicultural now. I want to see every- one mixing.” Business can be challenging, but Ra- phael is happy to have set up a restaurant in the city he now considers home. “Af- ter I’d worked for a few years and saved up for the restaurant, I could’ve moved any- where in the country, but I chose Portland. I wanted to remain here,” he says, glancing at his wife, Octavie. The couple were child- hood friends growing up in Congo. Octa- vie moved to Pittsburgh 12 years ago, and the pair reconnected online when Raphael moved to Maine. Octavie made the decision to join Raphael in Portland in March of this year. “I’ve found Portland a really laid-back environment; it feels a lot more friendly than Pittsburgh ever did,” she says. “If the restaurant is successful I can see us staying here for the future,” says Rapha- el. “I’d like to raise kids in Maine; it’s a safe place; it’s home. When people ask where I’m from I say, ‘I’m a Mainer. I’m Mr. Portland!’”