Who do you want to live with? As a six year old, Rafael couldn’t imagine loss. He had the perfect childhood--a big happy family in Spain,...

After writing her first story in the 3rd grade, Sheela Barot told her mother that she wanted to be a published author. However, there...

At the age of twelve Rosalia Dupont found herself in an unknown land. Her parents decided to move them from Peru to the U.S. because...

It was under the wing of her grandmother, Nana, that SG found her trusting spirit. Her mother had her at a young age, and her father was...

From Dawn’s earliest memories, her mother was caught in a cycle of depression. She isolated herself in her bedroom for hours and nursed...

The idea of an underdog has always been something Keshav Bhutani has been familiar with. At the age of three, his father passed away, and...

Darlene’s parents divorced when she was 11 and she found herself surviving on WIC and food stamps. She recalls looking at the balance on...

I graduated with a GPA of 1.9. My guidance counselor placed me in the lowest classes, and told me that I wasn’t college bound, so it...