ExPats

Senior U.S. District Judge Norman A. Mordue was an Elmiran who led a life of courage, justice and public and community service,

Elmira ExPat Bob Sargent has followed the Dead, worked as a bike courier and just celebrated 20 years serving Savory Cuisine in Colorado.

A former Elmiran makes a hometown find far away from the Southern Tier.

From the Southern Tier to South Carolina, former Elmiran Brendan Clark has delivered local sports and news for decades.

Former Elmiran Margaret McDowell Lee is heading to NY Fashion Week in September with models from the Southern Tier in tow.

Ronnie Gallant was a military kid who found himself while attending Elmira College, and created a fabulous form of self-expression, Bianca.

Elmira's Jordan Brooks, who's been making his mark in La La Land, is back in the Southern Tier this summer to serve fashion fabulousness.

S. Tier media executive shares his rise in the industry and what he's doing now.

Liz grew up on Elmira’s northwest side, in the 80s & 90s. like most area youth, called the streets between Hoffman & Clinton her playground.

" But I was never truly a part of any group until the Mark Twain Musical Drama started.”

“I’ve always wiggled around a lot, I was a very theatrical child and grew up with music in my house.” Arian Keddell

If you're from Elmira you probably know about Jordan Brooks, native Elmiran and celebrity stylist who’s currently making big moves in the LA

Cameron Collins currently lives, works and writes in St. Louis, MO, but he’ll always consider himself an upstate New Yorker.

Elizabeth Marks moved with her family from New England to a 220-acre dairy farm on East Hill in Elmira when she was 7 years old.

“As quaint as Elmira was, it wasn’t a safe place for me to prosper,” says Robert Rumsey, former Southern Tier resident turned makeup artist

Sometimes I wonder if I count as a Southern Tier expat because I was born and raised in Maryland.

“Life choices made me competitive” says Apalachin native and NASA Astronaut Doug Hurley.

I left the Southern Tier in 2010 because I had been laid off, during the Great Recession