Shelley Lozier’s cerebral palsy never stopped her from learning to play the piano – by ear! But it did present challenges that other high schoolers didn’t have. She yearned to be more independent, and to find a job she loved. […]

When he was young, Stephon Martin was nicknamed “Smiley”. He smiled all the time. He grew up playing football and golf in the fields near his home with the other neighborhood kids. “It was a happy time,” he remembers. But […]

At just 17, Jessica Habermehl joined the Navy and was assigned to a position in Washington DC as a communications specialist. Months later she got married, and at age 19 had a baby. “My husband was an addict; the relationship […]