Sometimes a key moment can make a world of difference in our lives. Those moments are deeply underrepresented in our conversations relative to the importance they play in our lives. We hope to begin to remedy that below.
Kiara Massey
A moment that helps me shape how I see the world is when I started my own wedding dress shopping for my own wedding back in 2016. Seeing how expensive the gowns were made me feel really discouraged and undeserving. It made me feel “less than” I quickly was uninterested in shopping out at local boutiques because of how expensive and limited every store was. Read more>>
Drew Wayne Roberts
A moment that really shaped how I see the world wasn’t just one moment, it was a period in my life over the last couple of years when things got really heavy and difficult. I hit an emotional rock bottom and realized I couldn’t keep going the way I was. Read more>>
Brenda Stumpf
As a child, I would spend hours poring over stacks of old National Geographic magazines. Those pages opened up entire worlds—ancient cities rising out of ruins, sunken treasure being recovered from the sea, tribal rituals from cultures far removed from my own, maps of places I’d never been, and mysterious objects whose stories begged to be uncovered. That experience left a deep imprint on me. Read more>>
Michael Beseda
This may be more than a moment – but after finishing school I spent a year with an Americorps NCCC program doing service work in the south eastern United States. Read more>>
Lauryn Ritchie
My most recent project, Bombs to Booze, explores veterans’ mental health and the journey of transitioning back to civilian live after being deployed. As a military brat, I found myself in a unique position to tell this story. Read more>>
Savannah Broeren
A moment that shaped how I see the world is when I became a paraplegic at the hands of a nurse when I was 18. I was pretty cynical for a while. Nobody tells you how scary and how hard it is to have to relearn everything from eating to moving around. Read more>>
