I’ve always been full of positivity and a little bit of sass. I guess I just love making people laugh. As a kid, I was known for being...

As a little boy, I would help my father sell fresh cookies in the streets of our city, Lahore. We woke up early on many mornings...

These were the questions of a nine-year-old boy, the eldest child in the home, unaware of the coming hardships he might have to face...

If you are wondering what it was like, just picture farmland, connected to more farmland, all serving as the resting place for groups...

I was born in 1985, in a country that doesn’t exist on the map anymore. But, the land is still here and the land is still the same...

Growing up I was as happy as a child should be. We lived in this huge empty neighborhood with only a few houses, so we had a lot of room...

Big or small, everyone makes plans for their future. As a girl who loved to dream, I had made plenty. Whether we lose ourselves in...

When I think back on all the ups and downs of my time on Earth, I’ve come to know one thing: we don’t get to plan our lives. We can’t...

I used to think that my stutter would limit me, but now I see that it is all a matter of perspective and choosing not to worry...

I’ve worked many jobs in my 92 years of living. I’ve been a sailor, an aircraft engineer, an experimental designer for a college...

HIV/AIDS infiltrated my family, first taking my father when I was three and then my three-month-old brother soon after. After my father...

I have always been an easy-going person. Most of my life, I had basically had one mood: happy, more than able to roll with the punches.

I grew up in a very close-knit family in Kisumu, Kenya. We were like a big team because we knew we could always rely on each other...

I’ve been playing in metal bands since I was in high school. From the moment I heard the thunderous fast-paced chug of the melody, I was...

Though the city was tinged with gang violence, I roamed the neighborhoods without fear; a free-spirited soul I was. After playing outside...

Despite being the nation’s capital, the city was very poor. I saw beggars in the streets every day, and my own neighbors could barely...

Nothing melts my heart like watching the little smile on a baby’s face. The clutched tiny hands, the feet kicking freely in the air—just...

At this point, the band had been on the road for days. Our clothes were glued to our bodies with sweat and our muscles winced from nights...

I was the eldest child in my family. We went on a long sea voyage to Malaya, a then-British colony in Southeast Asia. My parents settled...

My job was to look after the chickens and then collect and clean their eggs. As a family, we all worked together to keep the farm running...