Despite our town’s lack of resources, my father always tried to provide us with the best of every opportunity, and my mother supported him..

You see, I was born to be a free bird. Starting from a very young age, I was fond of traveling, socializing with others, and exploring...

I was born...in Bulgaria to immigrant parents...I was the oldest daughter, with a Turkish father who was a Muslim and a Jewish mother...

When I was three years old, I was diagnosed with a birth defect called phocomelia. Both my legs are defective, twisted and lifeless...

I was born into a conservative Christian family in Nigeria in 1991 as the fifth born of six kids. Our days were happy, but strict...

I was just another “All-American girl,” born to a hard-working single mom of North Philly in the glorious 90s. My weekends were spent...