Celeste
Celeste Miranda Ortiz had a dream to open her own hair salon. Growing up with her grandparents and watching them build their business, Celeste’s dream...
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Brittany Wilkinson
Around the Fresno area, she was something of a minor celebrity, a buoyant teen beating the odds against a rare illness. Brittany Wilkinson pushed hard...
Bobbie Jenke
Five years ago, Bobbie Jenke was full of life, an active Santa Rosa special education teacher who regularly went to her students’ homes, and on...
Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell, a former San Diego City Council member and deputy mayor, is a sophisticated man who thought he knew how to read people. But...
Aspen Adams
Aspen Adams was a happy, healthy, energetic baby. But when she was 21 months old, her mother Leah discovered a lump on her belly. She...
Anthony Fossett
Anthony Fossett was a young aspiring musician and a beloved member of his community. An alumnus of Youth Radio’s Core and Bridge program, Anthony wanted...
Angelica Chisolm
Angelica lived in service of others. Before her health began to deteriorate, she was a job coach for people with disabilities. Before that, she was...
Angel Villalobos
Angel Villalobos was born with just one heart ventricle instead of two. A series of operations early in life should have fixed the problem and...
Alex Smick
Alex Smick had a wonderful life mapped out for himself. At 20, he was studying to be a surgical technician. He was athletic, played a...
Anayeli Alvarez
Selena Alvarez graduated from high school in 2013. She was working and had just started attending college when she found out that she was pregnant....
Alicia Cole
Alicia Cole was a successful actress in Los Angeles for decades. An LA native, she had spent many years working in the entertainment industry and...
Adam Glover
Adam’s parents finally did find one very good lawyer willing to take the case, if only out of sympathy and outrage. But as they moved...