Margaret Wentworth

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...

Olivia

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....

Hannah Milligan

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...

Zoey Serebriany

Female, Story, White

Untitled Waking up: the first step in the cycle of liberation. I feel as though I have had numerous experiences in my life that have further changed my understanding of what I believed was to be true. I have been taught from a young age that I was born into a life...