Humans of DV: Week 36

Pooja Ramadas: “Throughout my childhood, I was surrounded by medicine and medical technology. My brother, grandfather, and aunt all have hearing impairments and wear hearing aids to improve their hearing. Additionally, my grandfather deals with glaucoma, sleep apnea, and high blood pressure. When I was younger, I often accompanied my parents on doctor’s visits for my grandparents, and I helped take...

Vidya Chimata: “My love for cooking started from my love for eating. As a kid, I always would watch Food Network, and would always want to try so many different foods. As I grew older, I realized that making them at home would be so much more affordable and customizable. I got the urge to start cooking myself from using TikTok, after seeing so many young influencers the same age as me making four-course ...

Ojal Dhar: I actually grew up in India for 11 years, so that is where I started and I started track when I was in 5th grade. It was one of the few sports my school in India supported, along with swimming and soccer. So it was one of my few options for sports, and it just kind of took off from there. Then at the beginning of 2018, my family and I moved to California, and the idea of having an official sea...

Yifan Tong: "Ever since I was young, I was always really competitive. I hated when someone was better than me at something I cared about and it gave me the drive to improve. It could be something small, like how many books I read over the summer. Or it could be something else, like how good I was at a video game. As a result of this, I've picked up many hobbies over the years, like reading and gaming....