Sakurako Suzuki: "My family is my pride, and I bet everyone else’s the same!"
I never fight with my parents, except for this one time... Freshman year, I got my dream part-time job at a TV station. The problem was...
Tiger Shigetake: "If I can help one person find their place in the world, then I’ll have made a
I am a survivor; not a victim and I do not want to be thought of as one. But my story would not be complete without the ordeals which...
Louis Schieber: "When I make choices in life, it’s great to have someone who has gone before me
I have two older brothers who have really inspired me in life. One is 8 years older and the other is 10 years older, so I was the baby of...
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...
Natalia Salgado: "At that moment, I promised myself that I had to start really living my life..
Five years ago, I got into a car accident. People say that right before you die, your life flashes before your eyes, and that’s true. But...
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,...
