DC's 'sidewalk astronomer' is fighting to stay in the U.S.

For 19-year-old Gael Gomez, the Mount Pleasant Sidewalk Astronomers is a group that has changed his life for the better in many ways.

“We bring down the sky and the universe to the sidewalk for everyone to enjoy,” said Gomez, who co-founded the group alongside his friend, Adam Green.

Seeing life through a telescope has always been a calling for Gomez.

The 19-year-old can often be spotted towing his homemade Newtonian-style lens around town, bringing smiles to the faces of neighbors who stop by to hang with the Sidewalk Astronomers whenever they congregate.

“It makes me feel joyful,” Gomez said, when asked about the response of the community to the group’s meetings, held semiregularly on the corner of Mt. Pleasant and Irving

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