“I talked my brother into leaving, to go to California. To this day, I wish I’d never done that.” Randy Fuller made this comment after the book he co-authored, “I Fought the Law,” was published in 2014. It covered the life...
Divya Singh is an 18-year-old Indian American who is in her senior year at IMPACT Early College High School. Her parents emigrated from India about two years before she was born. Divya discusses what it was like learning to fit in...
“I’m Indian American. My parents emigrated from India after my dad found a good engineering job over here. It was about two years before I was born. “I was bilingual at a very young age. Since my parents really emphasized education,...
“I’m a senior at IMPACT Early College High School. I’ll be graduating in June with my high school diploma and my associate’s degree from Lee College. I’m interested in studying chemical engineering. For the past couple of years, I’ve been taking...
“Normally, I don’t like attention. I was always the guy who sat in the back of class with my arms crossed, just watching everybody else. So everyone would ask, ‘Why do you want to be an artist? You don’t even like...
“We decided to go to Ross to see if there was anything on sale or clearance. As we were walking through the store, I noticed this little art kit for $12. It had brushes, canvases, everything. So I figured, why not?...
Adrian Sanchez and Edna Zarate met as sophomores in high school in Baytown, Texas. They hit it off right away and have been together ever since. Both 28, their marriage may not be the traditional variety, but it’s the type of arrangement...
“After the Hurricane Harvey, this nonprofit organization called Just the Crumbs from Sumrall, Mississippi, came here. They started providing meals for all of the flooding victims. We were looking for something that Adam could do to help. That’s when Laurine had...
“Adam just loved school. He loved everything about it. He liked being around the people. He liked all of the socialization. He liked the jobs he got to do. His last job was at Tractor Supply. He helped with stocking. He...
“Right before Adam turned 2, that’s when we found out he was autistic. There definitely were signs. Because he was our only child, some of the signs I probably didn’t recognize as early as I should have or could have. “David...
