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PHOTO: Adrian Anantawan founded the Music Inclusion Ensemble, a group of students with disabilities within the student body at the Berklee College of Music that provides accommodations for musicians according to their needs.
Courtesy of Adrian Anantawan

Violinist born with 1 hand wants to inspire others to find their passion

PHOTO: DaJuan Summers and Garlon Green serve as coaches for the Young3 basketball program.
Jacob Oderberg

Basketball program aims to uplift inner cities plagued by an uptick in violence this summer

PHOTO: Miss Maryland USA Bailey Anne Kennedy
Edwin Shaw

1st transgender woman and Asian American wins Miss Maryland USA: 'Bigger than me'

PHOTO: Feeling a bit isolated after getting her cancer diagnosis during the height of the pandemic, 27-year-old Natasha Allen took to social media to share her story.
Courtesy Natasha Allen/@natashaallen

27-year-old battling rare cancer uses social media to help break stigmas

PHOTO: Lauren Smith-Fields is pictured in a photo posted to her Instagram account on May 1, 2021.
Lauren Smith-Fields via family lawyer

Lauren Smith-Fields' family calls for justice, cause of death released

PHOTO: Dia Chawla is just one of 5,000 students in the nation to achieve a perfect 36 on her ACT.
The Heisman Trophy Trust

Teen with perfect ACT score launches testing diversity preparation club

PHOTO: A HappyBottoms volunteers deliver diapers to a vehicle at a food pantry drive-thru event in Liberty, Miss., July 7, 2021.
Chase Castor/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE

Diaper crisis escalates amid COVID-19 pandemic

PHOTO: Rapper Styles P attends the premiere of WE TV's "Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition" at Liaison Restaurant, Feb. 4, 2020, in Los Angeles.
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images, FILE

Styles P's Juices For Life aims to provide healthy choices for underserved communities

PHOTO: Emani Outterbridge of Emani Milan stands with her yarn vending machine at the Elements of Grooming barbershop in North Philadelphia.
Courtesy Drilla Farms

Crochet influencer turns hobby into fashion business, vending machine business

PHOTO: Selena Quintanilla-Perez poses with her award for Best Mexican-American Album in the pressroom of the 36th Annual Grammy Awards in New York, March 2, 1994.
Larry Busacca /Retna via AP, FILE

Selena Quintanilla's former husband, Chris Perez, reflects on her death 25 years later: 'I wish I had amnesia'