Female, Latinx/Chicanx, Story
Untitled Senior year of high school, I thought of spending it as a breeze as most seniors do. But instead of that, it was the most stressful year of my entire school career. This all happened because I decided to take a nursing offered at my school to see if I truly...
Female, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Untitled In August of 2016, I went on a two week long backpacking trek through New Mexico with a group of adults and youth from my Venture Crew. For anyone who doesn’t know, Venturing is a branch of the Boy Scouts of America that is co-ed and offered to anyone...
Asian-American, Female, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Next Best As I quietly sobbed in 1 am’ darkness, I reached this realization: My life can be told as a series of best-friendships. My first best friend was Rachel. She and I were the only girls in our entire preschool class, so naturally, we were best friends....
Female, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Untitled I am one of the 100 million Americans who live with chronic pain. Chronic pain is pain that is caused by an inflammation of the nerves or dysfunctional nerves, and will last a lifetime. Chronic pain can be induced by a multitude of different diseases, but in...
Female, Latinx/Chicanx, Story
336 Days Today will be the first time I open up to a group about my legal status. I am one of those 800,000 people known as Dreamers. Who was brought to the United States illegally as a child. On September 5, 2017, Jeff Session announced to end Deferred Action for...
