We Are America
Voices of the Nation's Future
Library of Stories
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Blessings Of Chances, Curses Of Pride
Reyad Yassin
Soap Bottle
Thomas Hinson
The Absent Grandmother
Carter Hickey
Building a Businessman
Joshua Ramgeet
Diamond Under Pressure
Lana Cathey
Ethiopian Forever
Lagele Ayti
The Spokesperson
Thu Nguyen
Losing and Gaining
Nivia Lopez-Escobar
“Asian Virus”?
Janefer Hong
“America” is Not Just a Nationality
Finian Ayliffe
The Change
Tatyana Fuentes
Superheroes
Gustavo Figueiredo
Finding My Joy
Gavin Wazelle
Finding My Position
Brynn Devers
One Can Be Better Than Two
Koko Sator
Blossoming
Merary Flores
What is Destiny?
Christopher Chan
Red Sox Nation
Teddy Peters
Moving to a New Land
Michael Vien
A Fluke and a New and Improved Life
Max Nixon
Finding My Own Truths
Oliver Espinal
Self Appearance
Rhodaisia Polanco
Three Years of Changes
Owen Kowalski
Journey to Heaven
Ezequiel Nunez
Spice of Life
Branden Garcia
Born American
Scarlett Chavez
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Yeuris I. M.
Running From Fat
Conner Manrodt
Journey to a New World
Abdulai Jalloh
Overcoming Fear
Abigail Becerra
G.I. Joe Made Me Cry
Alex Holtkamp
She Threw It All Away
Ashley Miranda
Growth
Thomas Burns
A Blessed Daughter
Ashika Tamang
My Talent
Annika Jayne
Without Him
Sandya Rai
You Will Never Gain Weight
Savanna Martinez
Mistaken Identity
Naleska Jimenez
Me vs. Opioids
Taylor A Homen
Separate Lives
Manita Tamang
Barrier
Taylor Sani Hendley
Precious Memories
Giselle Martinez
A New Perspective
Emily Rea
Moving Experiences
Henry Dolson
Thankful
Yousif Albuset
My Self Confidence
Kalia Jopling
мои путешествия
Sage Chaney
The Perfect Daughter
Elizabeth Moctezuma Chavez
Burned
Ali Hassan
Motivation After Self-Doubt
Alipate Ngata
Friends Forever?
Megan Gamache
Three Wasn’t Enough
Ruby Crist
Seeking Acceptance
Mariama Jalloh
Because of Soccer
Jason Martinez
Covid Crazy
Keriana Stottlemyer
My Addiction
Gerardo Contreras
What Leadership Looks Like
Noah Kupferwasser
Perseverance
Clarke Roudebush
Biking to America
Luis Peña
The Imperfect
Ivy Tiet
An Illness That Changed Me
Brayan Deleon
A Personal Revolution, Through Immigration
Jilin Zheng
Saying Goodbye
Tess Kode
Dreamer
Nicholas Chanpensai
The Perfect Body
Katelyn Chan
Understanding My Limits
Donna Chen
The Impact of Addiction and Abuse
Avery Craft
Driver's Web
Elliot Dater-Roberts
The Hockey Journey
Charlotte Andrews
Searching for Perfection
Aleyna House
Looking Through His Eyes
Naomi Nunez
11 PM Walks
Luisa Lopez
Who Are You?
Alexandria Leavitt
Self -Confidence
Caydence Walker
Finding Home
Maria Franco Silva
Not As Easy As It Looks
Elliot Artz
The Beauty in Failure
Merit Omorodion
Public Speaking
David Pagán
Half Hearted
Kamdon Faudree
My One and Many Battles
Naydelin Cruz
An American in Iceland
Owen Purcell
The Days of Division
Janiyah Sanders
Adolescence
Delila Morales
Missing the Spark
Madison Ray
Of Breads and Grandma
Marida Meas
I Chose God
Sophia Graves
Waking Up to Privilege
Audrey Stamper
No More
Poonam Ghalley
Just Dance
Kabita C. Rai
The Big Change
Kallie LaPointe
Grateful Daughter
Jessica De La Rosa
Incomplete Sculpture
Katio Barbosa
Marble Oceans
Finn Brown
Goodbye Fear
Hannah Moore
Pretty for a Persian
Keren Tizabi
Conquering Acrophobia
Anthony Enos
Getting Up Again
Olivia Petlak
Who I “Want” to Be
Sahasra Enjeeti
A Goodnight
Makayla Heang
My Smile Upside Down
Fatima Acosta
My First College Experience
Taylor Schmidt
Moving Forward
Alejandra Lezama
One Family
Kennedy Rutherford
Next Season: The Championship!
Rasheed Ahmed
My Mom Is A Superhero
Wesley Desantis-Thompson
Nerves
Pierson Wetherington
My New Zealand Adventure
Adrian Gonzalez
The Day I Realized...
Brianna Carias
More than What Meets the Eye
Julia Bo
Bouncing Forward
Jeremy Eisen
Beckham Makoa Williams
Tristan Williams
Never There
Makaila Price
Two Worlds
Alwyn T. Henry
My focus
Jake Kubacki
True Leadership
Anthony Guevara
Growing Up
Ricky Loza
The Flaws in Our Democracy
Ivan Yang
Tired of Sitting
Joey Ortiz
The American Dream
Thomas Murray
Next Season: The Championship!
Rasheed Ahmed
Why Am I so Driven
Richard Flores
The Girl Who Plays Football
Cameron McBride
The Greatest Gift
Darren Van
Why I Moved to Quincy
Sophia Zeng
And Then I Landed
Cameron Littlefield
Picking Up a Broom
Orrin Barnhart
Moving On
Raul Medina
It Isn’t Just a Sport
Corwith Simmers
Barriers
Fatuma Ramadhani
Inside
Jeff Yu
My Secret Life
Siying He
Hate and Love
Giangelys Pena
Unnoticed
Idalisse Fernandez
An Iraqi Heart in America
Areej Jameel
The Apartment
Erica Jensen
I Didn't Know to be Afraid
Alexandra Wannon
The Fear of Vulnerability
Olivia N. Pham
The Path I Painted
Monaliza Pace
Real Americans?
Maria Eduarda Guimaraes Campos
My Sister, My Friend
Molly Walsh
Just Keep Playing
Samuel Vest
There is More to Languages
Edwin Y. Baez
Art > Fear
Tristen Tiscareno
Dog Tags
Carleigh Martin
Peace Of Mind
Lauryn Harris
Neutral by Nature
Alexander Doherty
A Family Bond Can Never Be Broken
Armando Marin
My “New” Normal
Grace Burgett
My America Too
Yasmine Perez
Fledgling
Madi Whalen
Restoration: The Story of a Truck and Family
Carlos Dow
What Could Have Been, The Story of a Father and Son
Alton Patterson
FACE IT
Benjamine Duran
Brownies and Oreos
Lynsey Ida Philippe
Transitions
Alex Espil
Wave
Monika Matsui
Black and White
Derick Badu
The Need to Appease
Jerry Lin
Growing Up in a Restaurant
Selina Lin
Fire and Ashes
Areli Montoya
Losing Control
Savannah Schindler
My Journey to Kaua'i
Cruz Jacobson
On Repeat
Owen Masur
One Ear
Gabriela Benitez
We Are Quaranteens
Lucinda Basdeo
A Jinxed Year
Anika Perry
Lost and Found
Joseph Edry
Abandonment
Justin Chen
Hated Friends
Alex Holthaus
Connected
Lailani Chann
Before It All
Carter Colgate
Becoming A Man
Francisco Bello
Who Am I?
Sky Williams
From This Day Forward
Kaily Khin
Finding My Place
Cooper Purl
Lost Connection
Cindy Rangel
This is Me
Sage Bishop
Select One?
Katherine Mary Huang
Shaped by Riding
Alex Griffin
Is that What Life is All About
Gizelle Rodriguez
What’s In a Name
Sothearavisal T.
My First Language
Ada Lin
A Masked Paradise
Lucie Rwakabuba
A New Perspective
Ceylon Vanston
A Military Family
Douglas Smith
Now I Smile
Anna Malachynska
Choosing the Cycle
Amaya Pettway
Too Nervous To Talk
Eshaal Syeda
An Eagle's Promise
Nicholas Enbar-Salo
Pretty...for a Black Girl
Janaye Gbalazeh
Keeping My Balance
Connor Qualey
A New Transition
Sarah Lopes
Starting Anew
Yumi Chen
The Helicopter Ride
Blake Brown
Harsh Critic
Isaac Madera
Feeling Free: The Time I Conquered My Fear
Avery Fitcher
Choosing My Leg
Isabelle Phillips
A Stolen Childhood
Ahmed Abdulkarim
Pill Boxes on the Border: Understanding Racism
Roy Annis
We Were Closer Than Sisters
Natalia Mialkowski
Never the Same
Samantha Boyle
Never Underestimate an Opponent
Oliver Smith
The Silver Lining
Mallory Hutton
Two Steps Forward
Mohammad Shehadeh
My New Glasses
Rylie Donahoe
The Power of Faith
Susmita Gurung
Discomfort Zone
Trami Vu
To Heaven and Back
Ari Greene
Belonging
Diane Chikulu
Perspective
Mary Grace Passmore
I am Enough
Rachel Griffith
Being Heard
Tanya Shamoon
Emotions and Me
Marina Meas
Racism Hurts
Steve Flores
Pretending To Be Sick To Spend Time With My Mom
Jaelin Huerta
Seeing You Again
Vannida Chap
That Time
San Aung
Leaving
Evan Krahn
Taking Care for My Future
Carolina Rojo
In Control
Yarisbel Tejeda
Becoming a Real Mexican
Roman Knitter
On the Move
Shravan Prema
Time to Think
Jadah Whittington
I Was Not Myself
Paola Gomez
Sacrifices
Safiya Al Samarrai
Spiritually Changed
Chris Brzuskiewicz
"American" Music
Isaias Marin
Twelve Projects
Paige Graybill
A Bright Future
Ajay Darjee
Kaleb Isaac
Kaleb Isaac
Wishing to be Weightless
Ja’Lisa Morgan
My Normal
Mathew Perrea
Abuse Isn’t Always Physical
Jalisa Alvarez
Trust Me
Christian Garcia
My Greek Paradise
Kristjan Papa
Bloody Face
Ting Shing Liu
The Road to Recovery
Brendan Glynn
Seizure
Ben Hathaway
True Self
Brandon Tevin Im
Unlearning
Keely O'Beirne
My School, New Me
Mustafa Siddiqui
English...My Terrible Fear
Karla Torres Gonzalez
Give Him a Chance
Noah Kligman
Moving Up
Matea Devalos
Work At Fifteen
Cameron Christopher
Accepting Change
Camden Hart
Catching the Big One
Finn Heekin
Baby Hairs
Easton Waller
One Haircut Can Change Everything
Caitlynn Porras
Learning How To Drive
Kausu Sillah
Fear Stops the Dream
Jakari Glenn
Finding Friendship
Melissa Perez
Just Do Your Work
Kwali Jenkins
One Day We Will Meet
Deisi Quindi
Thinking of you
Tommy Gozdowiak
School On Weekends
Rami Wetti
Fearless
Rylie Harrington
The Move
Mia Hansmeyer
Summer of 2008
Juliana Barboza
Try New Things!
Lev Freishtat
Is It My Turn Yet?
Lily Temkin
Advice from My Elders
Daryl Norman
Doing My Job
Kabita Rai
The American Identity
Sarah Zyba
The Eco-lodge
Austin McCoy
Love Over Arguments
Walker Peterson
Change Can Be A Good Thing
Kylie Harrison
Hiding Behind the Curtains
Charlotte Buckley
The Power Of Hair Clippers
Kai Arenaza
A Passage to the West
Flora Chen
Trust Gone
Kris Palmones
Mathematical Music and Musical Math
Eli Gold
The Spokesperson
Thu Nguyen
How Selfishness Fades
Rudy Maravilla
Gaining Comfort and Taking Action
Jessica Chen
Fun and Fear
Will Doiron
You Decide
Nathan Prince
Lessons From My Mother
Robert Aliganyira
A Lasting Performance
Vidhi Soni
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alexia Cummings
A Tale of Determination
Xing Hao Huang
The Day I Conquered My Fears
Rehem Arviv
Overcoming Biases
Elijah Gunn
Positive Girl with Negative Challenges
Riha Fatima
Not Afraid of Anything
Goldie Bentsvi
Student Driver
Davis Linzell
How One Camp Changed My Life
Maggie Wilson
Marching Forward
Marouf Salam
A Million Different Butterflies
Janae Arcos
What A Trip
Jaimie Morin
There's Always Hope
Gabrielle Boyce Grant
What Makes A Family?
Grace McHugh
My Inner Language
Laith Al Husseny
Lost and Found
Jaela Wooden
Following In His Footsteps
Xavier Vargas
Covid 19
Emilia Anders
Living In The Moment
Rashika Maheshwari
Searching for Answers
Thanh Lam
Avonlea and Me
Elizabeth Dahlen
Discovering My Latin American Heritage
Jocelyn Carrasco
I Am
Olivia T. Pham
A Little While Longer
Ava McGhee
The Fight of My Life
Rommel Neri
Feeling at Home
Emmanuel Montoya
Playing Ball
Emil Mora
Overcoming Fear
Ayla Edwards
It Just Wasn’t His Time
Grant Keffer
Learning I was Fillipino
Alyssa Oldham
The Transition to Ohio
Benjamin Schwartz
My Relationship With School
Emily Aragon
Dancing Through The Storm
Iyiosayi Ray Idugboe
Only Child Syndrome
Jazmine Chhet
Have Faith
Samani Kiza
Blinded by My Opinions
Natalie Collins
My Brothers
Kymberli Burgess
Just Like My Sister
Nathaniel Doherty
Growing Pains
Shatyra Culpepper
A Kind Man’s Hardship
Olivia Healy
Fear of Failure
Hari Regmi
Open to New Things
Walker Pate
From the Bean
Linh An Nguyen
A True Friend is a Priceless Treasure
Linh Vo
The New Normal
Jacob Silverman
My Confidence Has Been Shaken
Chi Diep
Finding Life Through Mother
Deziree Padilla
Bittersweet Memories
Jonathan VanBeuren
Pressures of the A
Yvonne Chan
The Best Gift
Maria Alameda
Survivor
Giulia Silveira
Childhood Gone Too Fast
Angela Hernandez
A Special Lesson
Ivan Zou
Unknown Savior
Isabella Hay
The Failed Expedition
Max Leahy
For Granted
Mildred Chaudhary
Parent Providers
Alexander Ankum
Bookbags
Jhekcarry Mam
Becoming American
Jevon Chen
Returning to America
Celia Flomo
Separated Yet Connected
Jonjon Guanzon
An Outcast
Sara El Mahil
The Journey of Selfless Sacrafices
Nancy Chen
Baseball Men
Jake Schoenberg
Different Like The Sand
Rawan Ibrahim
The White-Picket Fence
Martha Cheno-Jauregui
Split in Two
Saim Naveed
Shot
Skye Jacobson
Perspective
Fiona Hungate
The Autistic Life
Samantha Argueta
Drowning
Presley Bixler-Grant
Embracing Who I Am
Katherine Armstrong
2020
Ricky Wang
Identity Crisis
Emily Chitwood
The Move
Caleb Schmaeling
My Story
Jennie Burgess
An Opportunity
Brad Forrest
Repeat
Jason Madera
Feet Don't Fail Me
Allison Howel
Yes, I Have Hair
Ruwida Muhudin
Overlooking Bullying
Savannah Cameron
The Beginning
Manoela Finotti
Escapism
Vincent Gonzalez
A Thousand Word Hug
Esther Madar
Life Thoughts Through COVID-19
Brooke Ray
Diagnosis
Clifton Holley
Goodbye Grandpa
Raphael Reyes
I Love You, Grandma
Aviel Chaim
Antonello’s
Asher Maxwell
Cheers to Change!
Tailauni Ashley
Truth
Baileigh McMahon
Puerto Rican and Proud
Alicia Gonzalez
Friendship Lasts Forever
Stacy Texiera Gomes
More Than Just a “Band Kid”
Ethan Fox
Finding My Voice
Mia Esworthy
Retracing Myself
Aliyah Andino
A New Start
Michaela Parajes
Confidence in My Hair
Victoria Adeyemo
The Milkman
Max Kopplin
Time for a Lesson
Angelique Niyrasamaza
My Fear of an "S"
Angelina Lee
The Moment You Realize
William Ceren
Women in Sports
Giselle Olivar
Finding Home
Camila Garcia Marin
3 Little Words
Abby Antunez
Learning Through Autism
Clare Mosley
Scarred
Maclara Rouk
The Graduation
Simon Laidlaw
Where I Belong
Jose Hernandez
The Push
Joshua Guyette
Copycat
Enixia Sun
50th Anniversary
Jasmine Gutierrez
I Just Wanted to Learn
Mohammad Shah
The Weight of Expectations
Brian Chen
My Brothers and I
Joevanie Monge
A Very Long Way Left to Go
Inessa Everett
Who Are You?
Emina Sabanovic
A New Classroom
Badra al Ezairej
Restarting From The Bottom
Mark Karhan
Memory Lane
Daylon Pereira
That's How I Was
Katerin Castro Cruz
Taking Control
Abeni Timms
Life is Unpredictable
Ella Bieda
My Struggle and Passion for Art
Sandy Cai
Hoʻohanohano i ka ʻāina
Curren Pope
The Burden of My Skin
Ira Habiba
Forever Sisters
Alexcia Espinoza
I Love Me
Sophie Cerrone
