I have some memories where I would be woken up in the middle of the night and rushed to Piedmont hospital while my dad lies weak in the passenger seat next to an anxious mother. Afterwards, I would then be stuck, waiting and sleeping on chairs in the waiting room and chairs next to the hospital bed, in fear of what the doctor, or my mother, would say when they come through those giant metal doors. “Have you heard of...

A world that defies the modern standard and creates one all its own. A world free of modern stereotyping and philosophies of a class-divided community. Despite its placement in the “deep south”, Bible-belt state of Georgia, Duluth shatters these bonds to follow a principle unique to any other. Take any other community in the United States and challenge it to Duluth— I dare you. The pie chart of Duluth’s diversity calls for a happy, everyone-gets-a-slice dinner party; however, take...

The crowd goes silent; I stand cold on top of a sandpaper floor with nothing but a blue stillness in front of me. As I calm my breath, I begin my countdown. 1…2…1…2…Ready…....go. I step nervously down the board, stretch towards the sky, and let faith and strength take over. My body twists and turns every which way until I feel myself slip below the view of the world. Submerged alone surrounded by water, adrenaline calms and I rise...