The Wildling Story Booth

"I want to make sure I can pave a positive way for myself, and having stability for myself." - Joseline, 12th grade

"Whoever you have around you depends on how you're gonna be in life and how you're gonna act." - Fojay, 12th grade

"Growing up there have been times where I felt small felt as if I didn't matter. I still think like that sometimes, but I believe it's worth considering how we matter as people." - Murwat, 11th grade

"Interacting with strangers on the subway is one of the simple joys I found in life because it reminds me that we're all in this together." - Sunde, 9th grade

"I want to use my voice to convince people that war is bad. Everybody deserve fairness and peace." - Htee, 12th grade

"In order to imagine a better would mean working towards a more just an inclusive society, where all other individuals have equal rights and opportunities regardless of their background." - Sammy, 11th grade

"I sought to connect with those who may have faced a similar battle, reassuring them that they were not alone. And for myself, I learned to understand and forgive my dad." Jorja, 12th grade

"Frida Kahlo is a trailblazer. I look up to her. Frida shows me that I can do anything I put my mind to. She shows me to be fierce when things are tough." - Josefina, 5th grade

"The world has been continuously ending since I can remember. Not even just the pandemic, but politics, climate change capitalism." - Benny, 12th grade

"My parents are always there for me and always proud and willing to support my goals." - Mathias, 6th grade

"When I was watching the news about Russia taking over Ukraine, it struck me like lightning." - Kummal, 4th grade

"This is what imagining bigger looks like to me — encouraging others to be involved in new things that you think they will enjoy." - Sierra, 12th grade

"My passion in the fields of technology and healthcare makes me dream big as the world is shrinking, with rapid changes in technology." - Anushka, 12th grade

"My dad has always been the biggest supporter of my dreams." - Estelle, 12th grade

"I believe the odds of how realistic a dream can be are determined by how much you believe in yourself and are able to think outside the box." - Margaret, 10th grade

"I hope I will contribute to the development of a theory that applies all four forces to quantum mechanics. This motivates me to continue to learn and discover because of the possibility that I could further humanity's knowledge of the fundamentals of our universe and existence." - Kate, 11th grade

"Making history should be defined as the moments in life when we've struggled and overcome, cried, smiled, fallen, gotten back up, made mistakes, and learned from them." - Bukunmi, 11th grade

"Placing another life at the center of my little solar system, reshapes my need to be perfect into a desire to be helpful." - Isabelle, 12th grade

"When I get to go outside, I feel like a bird that was just let out of its cage." - Ingrid, 5th grade

"I was on a hike outdoors and my sister was behind all of us. But somehow she got to the top before all of us." - Olivia, 4th grade

"I like spending time with my dog in nature." - Ani, 4th grade

"When I go outside, I release all the energy that is not mine." - Ella, 4th grade

"At the ocean, we play in the waves, and we look for jellyfish and sand dollars and crabs." - Sabine, 4th grade

"We went through the woods. A small hill came up and it was pretty steep. I was the last person to do it. And I was scared." - Liam, 6th grade

"We were walking for three hours. We saw deer, we saw birds. And then right in front of me, there was a huge snake." - Olivia, 4th grade