This 13-year-old girl from Texas just became the youngest black person ever to get accepted into medical school. In June, Alena Analeigh Wicker got into the University of Alabama‘s Heersink School of Medicine class of 2024. She is over 10 years younger than the typical medical student. Alena’s acceptance comes as she continues to work …
Adopted child
As a single gay man in the 1990s, Jerry Windle didn’t think he could be a dad. But when he read a magazine story about a man who adopted a child from Cambodia, the article didn’t mention a mother. The story went on to describe the close relationship between the father and his son, and …
Mandisa Zenaya Mlitwa is a 21-year-old South African woman who has many things to be grateful for in her life. But of all the things she’s blessed with, it’s her set of adoptive parents that she’s most thankful for. In March, Mandisa posted a heartwarming tribute to her parents on Facebook. She talked about being an …