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I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca

On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR

This is what a concussion sounds like

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

When you hear about concussions in the news, it's often about a football player. But kids get concussions too. In one recent year, nearly a quarter...

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How a terrible teacher inspired a boy who became the wonderful Mr. Little

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Mr. Drego Little teaches a class at Rainier Scholars., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/FEVEN MEKONENN

We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast

Albinism And Me: How My Genetic Condition Makes My Ethnicity Invisible

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Kamna Shastri with her dad on her fifth birthday. Now, Kamna is coming to terms with her albinism., Credit: COURTESY OF KAMNA SHASTRI

RadioActive producer Kamna Shastri tries to understand where she fits into conversations about race and identity as an Indian-American with albinism.

These Are My Mom's Beautiful, Painful Hands

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Shina William's mother worked for many years in factories. When she was working she felt a pain, tingling over her hands., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/SHINA WILLIAMS

Look at your hands, and think of all the things you do with them: hold an ice cream cone, drive your car, scroll through Facebook. What if all of t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

I Always Wondered What A Psychiatric Hospital Was Like, And There I Was

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Fallon, 17, suffered a psychotic episode in sophomore year of high school., Credit: COLLEEN MCDEVITT / KUOW

Lots of teens struggle with depression or anxiety, but what’s less talked about is psychotic disorders in teens and what the struggle is like. Radi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Voices of Youth Keep Lushootseed Language Alive

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: Maria Martin teaches Lushootseed to preschoolers at the Tulalip Montessori School., Credit: KUOW Photo/Ben Gauld

Linguists say that by the end of the century, 80% of all world languages will fall out of use. The spread of global languages like English and Span...

Bought by KALW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

How Break Dancing And Hip Hop Saved My Life

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: Krubel Amare shows off a head spin in the KUOW studio., Credit: KUOW Photo / Sanda Htyte

RadioActive Youth Media producer Krubel Amare breaks down the true essence of Hip Hop culture, and how it’s impacted himself and the people around ...

Bought by WDBM

Sick As A Dog

From: City High Radio

Tyler spent a good chunk of his childhood so sick he couldn't even walk around the block. He ended up at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, where he was...