Selected Video Pieces
Left Bank Books, the oldest and largest independent bookstore in St. Louis, is fighting growing efforts to ban books from public school libraries across the US. Their weapon of choice? Free books.
Meet Marquette High freshman Grace Dai—an artist, her nature-themed entry in the annual Doodle for Google contest earned her recognition as a national finalist.
For the past 5 years, Anatoly Tsymberov has been keeping honeybees on his farm in Labadie, Missouri. An hour away, Honeymoon Chocolates specializes in sweetening chocolate with raw honey from local farms.
His students know he lives and breathes history—literally. Scott Szevery has achieved the ultimate history teacher's dream: living in a 119-year-old house.
Marquette High's mid-shift custodian by day, artist by night: Jeff Wissman is the illustrator of the children's book The Big Beautiful Purple Tree.
'Pieces of art that somebody's wearing': Named after Alpha Centauri, the closest star to earth, Centauri Clothing is 19-year-old Logan Schmitt’s streetwear clothing business.
Selected Written Pieces
What is the Opioid Epidemic? A public health explainer (IPHAM, 2024)
Student perspective: The May Book Project ‘truly meant everything to me’ (Very Asian Foundation, 2023)
Would You Like Something to Eat? (Very Asian Foundation, 2022)
Love and Maya (Very Asian Foundation, 2022)
For the Love of Laxmi (Very Asian Foundation, 2022)