Just how personal can personal essays get? Can their honesty and emotion transcend the status of mere classroom assignments? Can their style and substance blast them beyond the basic of the college application essay? Can they be righteous and raw and real?
These are the stories of the 12th Grade students of Fordham Leadership Academy. Theirs are stories of roots and migrations. Of struggles and perseverance. Of triumphs and tragedies. And, of course, of loves won and lost. Each author shares a part of their life, a glimpse of their past that will inform their future.