Shobha Rao, an immigrant from India, recalls two interactions with her peers that reminded her of when she helped her parents say "yes" to remaining in America.

After being humiliated by a local where he was sunbathing in a strange place: on the ground next to a dusty Nigerian cross-roads market, David Allan Cates opens a novel for the first time and falls in love with the form.

After being humiliated by a local where he was sunbathing on a Nigerian beach, David Allen Cates opens a novel for the first time and falls in love with the form.

Pat Williams visits Barry O'Larry in Butte, Montana when he runs for a legislative seat for the first time to get a little help and advice.

Pat Williams visits Barry O'Larry in Butte, Montana when he runs for a legislative seat for the first time to get a little help and advice.

Perri Knize was living in New York City, working as a graphic designer, and losing her sense of self, when she remembers her childhood dream of living alone in the woods.

Perri Knize was living in New York City, working as a graphic designer, and losing her sense of self, when she remembers her childhood dream of living alone in the woods.

Neil McMahon is working as a carpenter on a construction site in a remote part of Montana when the call comes from his New York City publisher.

Neil McMahon is working as a carpenter on a construction site in a remote part of Montana when the call comes from his New York City publisher.

16 year old Jamison Gordon sticks her first landing on her first solo as the youngest student pilot in the Bitteroot Valley & the only female pilot in the program.