Less than 24 hours after arriving in Australia from India, high schooler Sneha Rao was made to feel different for the first time in her life – making her even more determined to hang on to who she was.

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Fame was the last thing on her mind as Haifa Haddad prepared for the biggest exam of her life. But that’s exactly what she got – becoming an inspiration to the young women of Tunisia.

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How do you prepare your kids for the world they’ll live in? Remy Ntshaykolo’s father did it by bringing strangers home to eat – teaching his children the need for empathy in a world filled with injustice.

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Samantha Falcucci always dreamt of exploring space as an astronaut, but when she discovered that path wasn’t one she was destined to follow she found another way to fulfill her dream.

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Two battles with Bell’s palsy followed by his infant son’s brush with death. They were defining moments in Aaron Pang’s life, making him who he is today.

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At the tender age of 10, Veronica Platoni was already “doing the math,” figuring how much her parents would have to spend to educate her and her four younger siblings. It prompted a mild rebuke from her father – leading to a philosophy that’s acted as the driving force in her life.

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It takes a village. If you farm and your crops do better than your neighbor’s, you give them a little. No one can do it all by themselves. It’s a belief Nigerian-born Chinonso Chimezie was raised with and continues to live to this day with amazing results.

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Her name is Samiksha. She’s 8 years old and, despite her youth, has been the rock that has gotten Preeti Naidu through some rough times.

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For 1,425 days, Nadja Telalagic and her family, friends, and neighbors were assaulted by artillery, tanks, and small arms during the siege of Sarajevo. Cut off from the rest of the world, they lived without water, electricity, and heat – and with hardly any food. Nadja says they were the worst days of their lives. And yet, in a strange way, they were the best days, too.

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