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...
College 10, Female, Latinx/Chicanx, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Don’t Judge a Child by their Outfits I was born a female, and I identify myself as a female, however I do not agree with the societal duties that come with being a female. It is always about appearances: my hair, my face, my outfit. Everything needs to look nice...
Male, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Untitled As I glanced out of the window at 30,000 feet I saw the clouds above the Atlantic ocean. This happened to be a normal occurrence for me and my family, as we never really stayed in one place long. My mother was an airfield manager in the air force and my...
Male, Non-Hispanic, Story, White
Untitled There I stood in the stifling, humid air with my sister and mom. We were waiting in line for one of my most anticipated stops on our trip to Thailand, the Tiger Kingdom. The room was filled with numerous creaky, antiquated fans that slowly rotated,...
