How a 15-Year-Old Began Empowering Youth Voices against Injustice
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always loved stories. Yet, that love dwindled once I stepped into the life of a high-school freshman, where most of the “useful” reading is out of textbooks. Stories began to seem juvenile or useless, but that is far from the truth — they transmit emotions like no other. Indeed, it was a story about my family that sparked my passion for social justice. We call it the story of our family’s “Missing Four.” During World War II, when the Japanese occupied China, they controlled everything, including the hospitals. One day, my great-grandmother took her four children to...