Growing up gay means learning to edit yourself—until one day, you realize the only story worth telling is the unedited version. But getting to that point was a journey for Max. Max, 34, grew up in a ...

My mother was the heart of our family. She provided the love, care and strength that held us together. She provided ...

Being a Black woman in America is a journey – one where love, identity, and self expression are constantly in conversation ...

A nonprofit run by Barak and Sara Bomani, of Compton, was recently awarded a three-year grant to create 200 jobs for local teenagers and young adults. The $897,000 grant from the Los Angeles County ...

Deborah Harris is the founder of Autism Screams, a nonprofit that advocates for autism. But this work is not a job so much as ...

Two of the scariest moments of my life happened not on a hospital bed while I was getting surgery -- a fairly common part of my childhood -- but when I was vacationing with my family. I was born with ...

The rent was due, and I wrote the check for my family of four at 19. During that time, I was the primary breadwinner for my parents and my little sister. I was thankful to help, but it also opened a ...