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Amne Osseyran was one of just three students when United Dance Productions opened its doors. The company’s single studio was housed on Court Street “in a wooden building on stilts”; founder Suzette Harvey barely had enough money to install mirrors. D...

Kayuntae’ Ming’s first year at CedarBridge Academy was a rough one, full of drama and bullying. Kevonté Jennings-Lathan didn’t put much effort into his studies. Neither student imagined that four years later they would be wearing the school crown as ...

Akilah Acka was “super shocked” when she got the lead role in CedarBridge Academy’s Annie. Her friends were also surprised. According to the 16-year-old, she’s usually a “church mouse” in class but decided to try out for Annie because she wanted to ...

For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure. Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ago he had the opportunity to move into a group home...

As a child, no one would have picked Benjamin “Benny” Sousa as a future millionaire. He had dropped out of school by the age of 10 and was packing shelves in a grocery store; he couldn’t read very well. “I refused to go to school because the children...

Growing up in the Philippines, Dustin Jose Francisco didn’t have many toys. His father struggled to raise a large family on a policeman’s salary. “When the first Transformers movie came out in 1986, I made my own robots out of cardboard,” said the 4...

Roberta Alvarez had to leave Bermuda to get the education she wanted for her dyslexic daughter. Olivia was six when doctors confirmed the difficulties she had with reading, spelling and writing were due to the learning disorder. Her parents hired a ...

Apryl Jackson was overwhelmed when she first transferred to Warwick Academy. She was 14 and struggled to fit in. “I felt out of place and acted out negatively,” Miss Jackson, now 23, said. “I was often in trouble.” In stepped teacher Jessica Bowdle...

Mark Twain got mischievous at his first Bermuda cricket game, deliberately peppering his host with silly questions. The exasperated host, probably US vice consul William Allen, told him wickets were for the umpire to sit on when he got tired. Twain, ...

Chelsea Smith’s family moved five times when she was growing up. She changed schools every time they moved. Each time there were new friends to make and new routines to learn. “The experience was stressful,” said the 38-year-old. “Although I didn’t l...