Humans of DV: Week 6

Nia Kandimalla “I started taekwondo because I wanted to become a more self-confident person. I needed to learn how to stand up for myself. I was such a shy kid growing up and I had a huge personality but never enough courage to share it, and I thought that going to taekwondo would help me become this confident person, and it really did. The process of becoming a black belt was a very long journey, ...

Anika Tindall “I’ve been drinking boba drinks ever since I was a toddler, and I love the fact that boba has been brought to the U.S. and it has continued to spread around the world. Even though it’s not everywhere like how coffee is, it brings people of different cultures together. Boba didn’t reach the U.S. until the 2000s and even then, it wasn’t everywhere. This past week, I started ...

Mariam Yar “What inspired me to join theatre was our electives in sixth grade, [so I] actually started in drama in Gale, and that's what really sparked my interest in theater. I love bonding with the cast — they're great, and the magic that we make with the production is phenomenal. Acting is kind of like a therapy — you gotta kind of just get to go on stage and you get to be someone else, ...

Mr. James Harari “On Aug. 28, 2018, she was born in Vancouver, Washington. We met the birth mom three hours before the baby was born. We spent two days in the hospital, and then two more days until all the paperwork was cleared. So … we drove back here … we’re still in contact with the birth mom, and every couple of months, we text her some pictures of the baby. Actually, we started trying to adopt ...