Maria Augusta Guerra Mendes Dias, Portugal | Copyright © Mark Chester

A selection of portraits from the series of more than 400 naturalized U.S. citizens of the Commonwealth, The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape, benefitting The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA).

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Truro Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.