Kyoka Ogasawara: "Just be you!"
During the first 10 years of my life, I was bullied by friends and got into fights with my parents and teachers. Finally, at age 13 came...
Misha Arielle Cade: "It's a shame that people think a hijab is oppressive, when it's th
I was 13 when my father died. He got into an accident and had been in coma since I was 10, so I consider myself to have grown up without...
Jiezel Nara: "I went on a solo trip to Havana with only 200 dollars in my wallet, thinking I co
During my study abroad at Upenn, I went on a solo trip to Havana with only 200 dollars in my wallet, thinking I could use my credit...
Gabriel Chan: "If someone were to ask me what my secret to happiness is, the answer would be to
I’m a high school drop out. One day in my 3rd year I decided that it would be more conducive to my general happiness if I stopped going...
Edward Gibbens: "If you just spend your life thinking “It’s not gonna last long, there’s no poi
My first girlfriend helped me see how nasty people could be. My second girlfriend showed me that some people can just take from you and...
Hiromu Tanaka: "My dream is to find my favorite place with my favourite person, to live the lif
The summer of 2017. The last summer of my teens. I decided to go on a backpacking trip across east Europe for a month. Before the trip,...
Nicole Wang: "Let be be the finale of seem."
If 2017 was a chapter of my life I would title it "The year of Seijin 成人 (coming-of-age)". I thought I had already become an adult at...
Kaito Mori: "That was when it hit me- work should be about doing something I'm crazy about
2017 was a year of defeat. Though I’ve been managing my own business from before university, in my sophomore year I decided that I wanted...
Daichi : "She told me “finally, it feels like an international housing event, compared to the l
It was already 2 in the morning when we had finished setting up decorations and posters the day before the “Triangle Festa” at the...
