Alephonsion Deng and Judy Bernstein, co-authors of “Disturbed in Their Nests.” / Photo by Julia Dixon Evans
“I always knew I had a story but I never knew I would share it with anybody,” said Alephonsion Deng, one of the co-authors of “Disturbed in Their Nests: A Journey from Sudan’s Dinkaland to San Diego’s City Heights.” “Judy convinced me it was worth telling.”
Judy Bernstein was one of the first people to interact with Deng when he arrived in San Diego in 2001. Deng (known to his brothers and friends as “Alepho”) left Sudan on foot at age 5 as