Madison Brown

From the old photo, Madison Brown grins brightly, her effervescent smile outlined in bright red lipstick. Next to her, in the identical bold shade, her grandmother, Ora. It was an epic day. Her beloved Ora had come in for the weekend to soak up her three grandchildren and she had a big afternoon planned for...

Cami Voorhees

Curesity Voorhees looked over at her new born baby and nearly screamed. It was 4 o'clock in the morning and the young mother was lying exhausted and delirious in her hospital bed. Perhaps she was not seeing clearly, but in the haze of darkness, medication and worry, she could have sworn that her beautiful baby...

Sofia Gonzalez

Sofia Gonzalez stood on the darkened steps leading to the Nationals' stage, a mixture of nerves, fear and excitement. She had no concerns about the first 30 seconds of her teen solo.  She knew that perfectly. The problem was... this solo is two minutes long. That left one minute and 30 seconds of blank space...