The lifelong Jackson resident’s devotion to her family shows up in daily acts of love while caring for her son, who has cerebral palsy.

The veteran teacher, who moved from Minneapolis to Jackson in 2021, says her students teach her as much as she teaches them.

After nearly two decades as a pediatric nurse, the Madison mother of four started teaching science at St. Joseph Catholic School.

With summer around the corner, young people expressed a desire for greater access to swimming facilities as most of Jackson’s public pools remain closed.

“We’re going to be drinking water out of a fire hose trying to save this city,” Horhn told us in a wide-ranging interview that lasted more than 40 minutes.

Ida B. Wells APAC’s production of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf earned the troupe a second consecutive opportunity to represent Mississippi at the International Thespian Festival this summer. JYN goes behind the curtain.