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Lois Scott was determined to give her six children a good education. The problem was she and her husband Leslie couldn’t afford the private school they had in mind. Undaunted, she offered to clean it. “That was the only way we could keep our children...

With an open house sign at the gate, visitors often pop in at Chatmore’s new location unannounced. It is not unusual for them to find students tending the garden or lounging on beanbags in the midst of lessons. It is quickly obvious that it is not a...

For years, Joyce Smith was terrified of speaking to anyone who wasn’t a family member or close friend. She didn’t want them to hear her stammer. “In school the children would laugh at me,” said the 73-year-old who gets emotional about the memory even...

Mariah Cordeiro vividly remembers the first time she was sexually harassed. She was 13, playing mini-golf with her family, when a man asked her to squat. After repeated requests, she gave in because she “was young and didn’t want confrontation”. “My ...

Imagine seeing life through a greasy camera lens — colours are dimmer; contrasts less easy to discern. Everything becomes harder: crossing the road safely, reading, recognising the faces of loved ones. It is an everyday experience for many of the 2,...

Dancing in front of Debbie Allen was tough, but Ava Moreno won her over. The legendary performer was “very intense” said the 11-year-old, who was a bundle of nerves during the last-minute audition. She and seven other members of DanceSations School o...

James Delgado started in archaeology anticipating a career with his feet firmly on dry land. What changed his mind was an old whaling ship under San Francisco's financial district, six blocks from the ocean. “In 1978, my employers, the US National Pa...

After the Boston Marathon bombing, Claire de Ste Croix thought she’d never run another big race. She crossed the finish line only minutes before the 2013 explosion that killed three and injured hundreds along the route. In 2017, however, the 53-year-...

Gina Thompson started face painting, certain she had all the popular characters down pat. Then a little boy asked for Barney. “I couldn’t remember for the life of me what Barney looked like,” she said of the Tyrannosaurus rex whose television show, ...

It was one of Victoria Benevides’s last wishes to have her children “rock the bald”. Payton, Isabella and Ethan Benevides Mora were happy to oblige. The siblings signed up for St Baldrick’s after their mother died of bile duct cancer on January 23, a...