Twenty-seven years ago, a man named Eleazar Malave made the drastic and momentous move from Caracas, Venezuela to Atlanta, Georgia in hopes for a better future. Throughout his life in […]
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Adam Howard – The Heroes Among Us
On that tragic day of September 11, 2001, over 2,900 people lost their lives, and of those people, 343 were firefighters (“FireRescue1”). Every firefighter that day put their life on […]
Trey-Lee Orndorff – To Be Both the Learner and the Teacher
In a world as divided as it is today, humanity must rest its hope on the connections that can be made in order to find peace, happiness, and, ultimately, the […]
Celia Brown – Missy Franklin
What does it mean to be a professional athlete? What does it mean to be an Olympian? Missy Franklin—a five-time gold medalist—knows what it means. Missy Franklin made her debut […]
Caitlin Garnett – Jack and Raif: A Lesson in Leadership
Turning in my high school marching band’s leadership application form, I already had a swollen head. I went through band camp with a case of walking pneumonia my rookie year. […]
Elizabeth Winsor – A New Life
On another beautiful Thursday in Bimini, Bahamas, a day that changed everything, Mary Lyman Rivers and her family made their way to the end of the rickety wooden deck to […]
Amy Undieme – Devastation Struck Home
The sound of ambulance sirens rang in my ears as I entered the emergency room. As I was rushed through the double door entrance of the hospital on a gurney, […]
Daniel Flores-Zelaya – Realities of a Civil War
On May 26th, 1979 in Chapeltique, El Salvador, Laura Marcela Zelaya Granados was born into a ruthless civil war between the military-controlled government and a large left-wing militia. Unknowingly, her […]
Tiaya Hubbard – Mr. New York
Imagine it, it is winter break. The children are out of school, the parents are off of work, and the snow was hitting like there was no tomorrow. It is […]
Trinity Barnett – Wrestling; a Sport With so Much to Offer
Screams and cheers fill the thick, sweaty air as teenage boys seem to fly through the sky and land on the ground with a loud smack of a mat. While […]