“I really barely recognize the high school version of myself. Everytime I think back on what I was like, it seems like a totally different person. The best way of describing the old me was that I...
Being diagnosed with cancer at 11-years-old changes everything: it changes your family dynamic, how people treat you, and your relationship with your own body. It was only a month before September 11,...
"| decided to join the Navy after visiting the U.S. Naval Academy for a track and field recruiting visit in 2005. After my visit, I was deeply inspired and knew that if I chose the Naval Academy, I would...
"I was one of the "gifted" kids in my K-12 career, but I wasn't sure of myself in high school. I tried to live up to what I thought OTHERS wanted me to be, instead of who I was deep down inside. I was...
"My journey started off as the youngest of three who grew up with a single mother.Her love and support taught me how to be caring and supportive, but also that you have to work hard to get where you want...
"I have been employed by Guardian for over ten years now. I started in 2012 as an aide, then I became the Director's Assistant, and now I am happily with the Administration team as the Director myself....
"This is my 5th year teaching English Language Development at Hanover Area School district, and during that time I have helped countless students and families adjust to a new culture, navigate the school...
"I decided to come up with my own meaning of success to take with me through my life, instead of what social media says or the definition of success that society creates during a certain trend in time....
"I had my son two weeks after my freshman year of college was over. I had the support of my mother to help me return to school the next semester, but I had to work hard. I worked two jobs and utilized...
“I am autistic and legally blind since birth. If you walk around with a pirate’s eye-patch on one of your eyes, that’s how I see.
I have loved drawing and singing ever since I was a very little...
"I believe I was always meant to be a photographer. I started in 2018 by just photographing a few friends' senior photos. I’ll admit: I didn’t know much. But I did know one thing: I loved art. Art...
"As a foster child growing up all throughout the Nanticoke area, I started and finished at GNA. I moved in and out of foster care until my senior year: twelve homes in twelve years, and abuse in all but...
