Hello! My name is Sasha. I am in fourth grade and am from New Jersey. I love math and sports. Even though my sister and mom expect me to like shopping, I’d rather play sports in the rain or shine. I live with my Mom, Dad, sister and my brother.  My sister is fourteen, my […]

When I see the colorful, majestic cake coming out and I hear all my friends voices starting to sing, all I can focus on is the butterflies fluttering in my stomach because I know I cannot have the cake. It is hard at birthday parties because I can never eat the food or dessert.  Even […]

I believe girls miss out on a lot of things. I am really lucky because I choose to do those things anyway. Girls can miss out on playing certain sports, watching superhero shows and more.  A lot of girls seem to like to go to spas, carry purses and other girly stuff. I believe that girls […]

Hi. My name is Andrew Ramos. I am nine years old and in 4th grade. I have Latin roots and speak two languages–English and Spanish. Those are just a couple of my differences. Another difference is that I am the shortest in my class.  Being the shortest can be a hard thing but there are also […]

Hi. My name is Jonah Arlein. I love sports, playing video games and being with my friends. You might think I am a normal kid, but I am not. When I was a baby my parents found out I had something called Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome. One day, my mom was playing with my legs and she […]

I am different. Everybody is different.  My name is Jackson Stone, I am nine years old and I am a boy. My difference is my hair. My hair is brown.  My hair is also long. There is only one other boy that I know that has long hair too. No one in my school is […]

My name is Liliana. But I go by Lili. I have a twin sister and an older sister but just by one year.  I also love to play sports.  For instance, I love to play baseball, basketball and soccer. I was also born in Philadelphia, I am Jewish and I love to dance. But most […]

Hello.  My name is Simon Burstein and I am from Chicago, Illinois. I am ten years old.  There are many things that make me unique, but one thing is that I was born with an extra toe. I got it removed soon after I was born, but I still have a scar from it. I […]

Hello my name is Gianna Robertson.  I am currently 9-years-old.  I am in the 4th grade at John F. Kennedy School in New Jersey. I feel what makes me unique are so many different things. But one thing in particular is I have a very special heart. I have congenital heart disease called Tetralogy of […]

Hi.  My name is Mazzy Lane Sass and I am nine years old.  My name may sound familiar because I am named after the band Mazzy Star. If you haven’t heard of Mazzy Star I am with you. I didn’t know them either. Ok back to me. I am the oldest of four children in […]

Hello.  My name is Micah Feigelson. I am eleven years old and from Skokie, Illinois. There are a couple of things that make me different. One thing is that I have athlete’s foot.  Having athlete’s feet makes me different because my feet get itchy more than most people. An example of why this makes me […]

Assalamu Alaikum. Do you know what that means? It means peace and blessings be upon you. My name is Rayyan Sayeed and I am in 4th grade. I am Muslim and proud of it. However, sometimes people make fun of who I am and my difference. In Islam, Muslims have to pray at certain times […]

Hi! My name is Noa Heinrich and I live in Chicago. There is something that make me, me that people cannot see.  I have arachnophobia! This means I have a big fear of spiders! For example, whenever I am near a spider I freak out and run away. This means there are certain things I […]

Hi I’m Jesse from Chicago, Illinois! I am ten years old. I also have a thirteen-year-old brother who is in 8th grade named Avi and a younger sister named Eliana who is eight and in 3rd grade. I am unique because I was born with both of my pinky fingers being crooked.  In addition to […]

Hi!  I’m Lilly from Chicago. I have three siblings who are all older than me. One is my sister Rachel who is thirteen and my two brothers, Alex and Noah. Alex is nineteen and in college and Noah is seventeen and a junior in high school. But besides from being much younger than my siblings, […]