MICHELLE CHEN

 Somewhere on the Pacific Ocean, on our last day in the wilderness

       We were curving gently on the surface of the blue lagoon, grinning at each other,

before Kim nodded and I flipped over into the ice-filled water. The cold first came as

a faint pres...

Last April I had the privilege to go Peru through my high school's partnership with ACIS, a trip that my parents struggled to afford in addition to my projected college expenses even though my school's generous financial aid had covered half the cost. It was my first t...