It was my freshman year of college.A few weeks before classes opened for registration, I had a powerful prompting: I was supposed to be an ambassador.I signed up for Hebrew, Arabic, Middle Eastern Studies, and American Sign Language. My go…

I knew that my family was different. My parents' choices were different from anyone else I knew... and I was different... so sometimes that meant I got bullied. Other kids wouldn't talk to me, I didn't have many friends, and people sometim…

"If you could switch lives with anyone, who would you choose and why?"I'm not sure where the question came from. It could have been one of those deep get-to-know-you games that come with a box of cards filled with questions (I have an OCD-…