California Teen Reflects On Escaping North Bay Fires
“A lot of our neighbors houses are gone. It’s just crazy. So many people just had to stay in shelters and lost everything.”
Sierra Fang-Horvath
My Parents Are Too Scared To Let Me Drive
In life, there are a handful of milestones: first words, first steps, first day of school. But when you miss out on a coming-of-age moment, it can feel pretty sucky.
Stepping Out of My Twin’s Shadow
All my life, people have treated my twin sister and I as two halves of a whole. And as I get ready for college, I’m worried that I’ll never be seen as an individual.
My Brother Converted To Christianity, And Now I’m Worried I’ve Lost Him
Atheism is all we’d ever known. But the first friends Cole made on campus belonged to a Southern Baptist church group. Not long after, he converted.
My Brother, The Southern Baptist
In my family, we are all atheists. But that changed recently when my brother went to college and found religion.
Pregnant Teen Banned From Graduation
“There was a lot of shock and a lot of fear. Shock because I never thought that it would happen to me. And fear because I knew how I was going to be treated.”
13 Reasons Why: Helping Or Hurting?
Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” has received a lot of criticism and praise for its graphic content. We’ve got the controversy summed up for you here.
Mixed Race
I’m not white. I’m also not not-white. So it’s fuzzy figuring out exactly what privileges I benefit from.
UNTOLD: A Chinese-American Generation Gap
This clash reached a fever pitch during the election season when my grandparents’ support of Donald Trump caused full blown arguments between them and my liberal cousins and aunts.