Dr. Jamila Young’s story begins on the south side of Chicago in an area known as the low end, raised by a single mother until age four when the man who would become her father entered their lives. With no memory of her biolog...

Mia Bankston-Young’s voice was her ticket to the world: first to the bright lights of the stage, and then to a thriving career behind the mic. But it was the quiet, deafening silence of a Christmas Eve loss and a lonely pande...

Franklin Henderson's story begins in Miami, Florida in 1929, just as the Great Depression took hold. When his father passed away at age four, his mother was left to raise four children alone with only a seventh-grade educatio...

Mica’s story begins in the Midwest, growing up in Iowa in a college town where she often felt out of place, but deeply shaped by education, movement, and strong family ties. Raised between two homes, with football Sundays spe...

Dr. William Syms’ story is rooted in community, movement, and responsibility. Raised in Altadena by parents who modeled service and openness, his early life was shaped by unconventional education and deep cultural exposure. F...

Bryce Savoy's path was scored by the rhythms of Oakland and the legacy of Howard. His true purpose, however, would be composed in the silence of loss and the steady beat of a son's resilient heart. From the streets of East Oa...

Scean Ellis was raised by an adventurous mother who taught her to move through life’s changes with grace. That lesson would become her anchor decades later, when the role of a lifetime asked her to be the steady, loving voice...