Looking for A Better Life
By Qortez Brown Eleven year-old Qui Nugyen left his home in Vietnam 17 years ago, with just his mother and
Category: Community stories
Life with Diabetes
By Chelsee Peck Chelsee interviewed her aunt, Cynthia Williams Lanier, in a short audio story (transcript available) about her journey
Self Acceptance of Sexuality
By Shannon Gaffney Tristan Riggs, an 18-year-old college student, studies fashion design at the School of Art Institute of Chicago.
Taiwan, Belize, Mexico, and Back
By Chunchi Tseng This is Vivian Hsu’s story. I was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, but I don’t have
Rural Michigan, Pearl Harbor, Scarlet Fever
By Annie Vokes To begin, I really don’t consider my story to be all that exciting or above average, but
Childhood in the Mountains Before the Yugoslav War
By Adriana Ivezaj Growing up I lived in a country called Yugoslavia, in a popular tourist city named Podgorica. Our
Full House, Full Life
By Sarah Hill A large, majestic house on a 10-acre plot of land in Rochester Hills, Michigan, is where Laura
Starting Something New from Puerto Rico
By Alexandra Ehms Maria Eugenia Margarita Patricia Lopez-Duprey Ehms has gone through a journey. She transitioned from life in Puerto
Mexican, Spanish, Super Mexican…
By Page Gardner Vanessa Rodriguez showed me around her home, pointing at different decor and specifying, “this is Mexican,” “this
“People Die”: Memories of War
By Nicole Morsfield Immigration is no singular experience. To some, it’s carrying baskets of clothing up and down 30 floors
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