The pre-teen and teenage years are difficult for any young woman. Our bodies are changing, our emotions are up and down and we feel like no one truly understand us. Growing up as an American girl, I recall that this is a time when we...
We, the Millennials, were brought up in a world of technology where options are endless and we’re told to reach for the stars, that anything is possible. However, sometimes the real world isn’t so welcoming to the innocent dreamer. It can be an unkind place...
A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT The Democratic National Convention was in Philadelphia July 25-28th and regardless of my party affiliation just the thought of a woman running for President of the United States of America excites me. We have two women running; Hillary Clinton and Dr. Jill...
My husband spent 22 years in the Air Force defending this country. Two years ago as he was getting ready to retire, we found out our youngest son needed a kidney transplant due to a rare genetic disease called Cystinosis. He was a match for...
There is a very important woman in my life named Marta and I lovingly refer to her as “my Spanish daughter.” She is one of the hardest working young women I know and at 21 years old she has been through more than most young...
I grew up with what I considered a normal family, parents together, happy, and an older sister in a nice little rancher in New Jersey. In my eyes, my parents were super heroes. They could do no wrong. Little did I know by age 12/13,...
My name is Alanna W. I am 16 years old and I am the founder of Polished Girlz a nationwide nonprofit that host manicure parties for hospitalized children and children with special needs. I am so excited to be hosting my 2nd annual Polished Girlz...
I am exited to announce that a wish is coming true! Girl Talk Marlton (www.girltalkmarlton.org), a local chapter of Girl Talk Inc -which is a non profit peer to peer free mentoring program for girls grades 5-12, is having granted our wish of having a physical...
In November 2013, US Senator Bernie Sanders invited me to speak on a panel with doctors about how poverty is a death sentence in America. In McDowell County, West Virginia, where I was born and raised, people are dying the youngest in our country. Last month,...
My wish is to teach the world to heal through forgiveness. I am a survivor of Auschwitz and Dr. Mengele. I forgave all the Nazis from the pain that the Nazis imposed on me when I was 10 years old and for killing my whole family....
