A San Antonio bishop believes he is his family’s dispenser of spiritual wisdom, until he is reminded by his aging abuelita that there are some things only our elders can truly grasp.
After the difficult experience of helping integrate a Tennessee high school in 1964, Dr. William Lynn Weaver remembers succeeding in spite of some teachers, and because of others.
A teenager gets sent to Louisiana for a summer with her great-grandmother, Silvia. What feels like punishment soon changes the girl’s perspective on what it means to be free.
Ronald Clark’s father was custodian of a New York Public Library branch during a time when caretakers and their families lived on-premises. Ronald recalls a childhood surrounded by books.
After being drafted in 1969, Tom Geerdes served as an Army medic in the 11th Armored Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Like many veterans, he returned home a changed man.
Jamal Faison and his uncle Born Blackwell talk about the night Jamal was released from jail, and the support he found after incarceration.
Ramòn ”Chunky” Sanchez tells the story of how the new kid at school became a hero when his name stumped their teachers.
Working in the fields of a migrant labor camp, 12-year-old Storm Reyes found hope following the unexpected arrival of a bookmobile.
An Army sergeant and his Iraqi interpreter who met in Basra in 2009 discuss the bond they share. Presented with Upworthy, they are, #WhoWeAre.
Chloe Longfellow shares life lessons taught to her by her grandmother as they cooked together. Presented with Upworthy, she is, #WhoWeAre.
