Annika Olson | Rodeo

October 14, 2024

“Thats Me?” The Journey Begins “That’s me?” A look of confusion. A collection of images and videos from the past few months is on the laptop screen. An earlier photo […]

Lotus Friedman | Bloom

October 13, 2024

Discovering Inner Strength If you were to ask Lotus Friedman where she wants to go to college, without a moment’s hesitation she would say “Santa Monica College,” and likely punctuate […]

Lynn Wolf | In Vibrant Colors

October 12, 2024

 A Life Redefined by Injury The polymer is a chain of large molecules constantly in flux, moving around, repelling, attracting, and ultimately being able to come together and create new […]

Cheyne Clark | From Clouds and Cliffs

October 11, 2024

A Life Changing Incident “It’s not even exhilaration, just a different state of mind. Being in control while on the edge of life and death is immensely empowering.” It was […]

Ray Skoglund | Station

October 9, 2024

A Life Marked by Service and Dedication It started as a simple idea. He’d get introduced to a local fire chief. He was eager, ready. By the time he left […]

Ty Vuong | His Take

October 8, 2024

Who are you? “I’m Ty Vuong, and am an adjunct professor at the University of South Dakota, teaching undergraduate psychology. I’m a motorcycle safety instructor, which was funny considering my […]

Dr. Dipika Aggarwal | Survivor

October 7, 2024

Photos provided courtesy of the American Heart Association and Dr. Dipika Aggarwal It’s something I often wonder with the stories I work on. How? Specifically, how does a body, mind, […]

Pato Gilchrist | Without Pause

December 1, 2023

Beginning on an incline, the wheelchairs move swiftly down the pavement. Thirty yards later, Pato Gilchrist and Seth Wannamaker bring their chairs to an abrupt halt. They turn around, looking […]

Jay Stinson | Renewed Perspective

July 6, 2023

“Open Photos—Albums—Up. Up.” In the Gait Lab at QLI, Jay Stinson is scrolling through his camera roll. A series of thirty related photos and videos come up, and in the […]

Cassidy Slusher | Living Purposefully

July 5, 2023

“I’ve had a little bit of an unconventional life, one that I worked very hard to make a reality.” Twenty-nine-year-old Cassidy Slusher hails from Denver, Colorado. Conventional paths are not […]