Emiliana H. is a soft spoken girl with dark, wavy hair and kind eyes and a strength beyond her years. She has lived in Lawrence her entire life. Her mother was from Lawrence and her father from Boston. Growing up in the city wasn’t always easy for her, she was bullied for more than a […]
Archives for March 2017
Cheering For Kassie!
There was one thing that Kassandra B. always knew – she had to move. Kassie grew up in North Lawrence in a large, loving extended family. Early on she was diagnosed with ADHD. “It was hard for me. I had a hard time sitting still and behaving.” Like many kids she was given medication to deal […]
Designing a Dream
Alkenly O. had a dream, and like everything else he does, he began to plan for it. As a young child in the DR he knew what he wanted to do and how he wanted to achieve it. He wanted to become an architect and design and build homes for those less fortunate. At the […]