Category: Behind The Scenes

Every seat in Lindsey Figueroa’s fourth grade classroom is occupied by either a jubilant young techie in the making, orContinue Reading

Gladys Colon is a 60 year-old school teacher born and raised in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. She is also my aunt.Continue Reading

The clock on the wall of Gymnastics Training Center (GTC) reads five, and the young gymnasts swarm around the coachesContinue Reading

Nestled in the quiet corner of Thompson, Connecticut, a 1.7 mile road course hums and rumbles with the chest-rattling soundsContinue Reading

Imagine spending four to five years working towards your undergrad degree, in hopes of  walking across a graduation stage toContinue Reading

At five twenty in the morning, an alarm wakes Brie. In a haphazard moment she taps snooze, rubs her eyes,Continue Reading

Everyone in the room was crying except for me. I felt bad, but I didn’t really know him. I hadContinue Reading