Hope you will enjoy some of our current favorites...
Stories by MY HERO Staff
Ajit (AJ) Rekhy: View From My Window
By: Shannon Luders-Manuel
AJ Rekhy created the Facebook page and group "View From My Window" to connect people from all over the world during the coronavirus pandemic through their personal views.
Ron Kovic
By: Betty Bailey and Jeanne Meyers
Ron Kovic is best selling author, activist and artist whose story was immortalized in the movie Born on the Fourth of July.
Bianca Valenti
By: Shannon Luders-Manuel
Bianca Valenti is a professional surfer and a co-founder of the Committee for Equity in Women's Surfing.
Activist Mohamed Sidibay - Education for All
By: Betty Bailey
Global education activist and former child soldier Mohamed Sidibay has dedicated his life to education for all.
Sal Khan
By: Wendy Jewell
Sal Khan is the Founder and CEO of KHAN ACADEMY and the Global Educator Award Winner of the 2017 MY HERO International Film Festival.
Gabrielle Gorman
By: Xenia Shin
Watch a film by Gabrielle Gorman and you will be struck by her powerful and poetic use of imagery, even as she explores charged subjects such as racism, police brutality, and identity.
Stories by MY HERO Interns
Dorothy Vaughan
By: Brittny Barcenas
Dorothy Vaughan was the first African American woman to supervise the West Area Computers, "human computers" at NASA (originally NACA) during the Space Race.
Liza Koshy
By: Dorothy Lie
Liza Koshy is a YouTuber who has collaborated with the Girls Opportunity Alliance (GOA) to advocate for greater educational opportunities for girls in underprivileged communities.
Avoiding the Coronavirus as a Student
By: Skyler Gallarzan
Students returning to campus in 2020 must take precautions to protect themselves from COVID-19.
Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Peter Norman
By: Jesse Zaragoza
Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and Peter Norman, who were part of the 1968 Olympic team in track and field, raised their fists during the US National Anthem in support of civil rights.
Anna Sui
By: Cheuk Yiu (Rene) Cheng
Anna Sui is a Chinese American fashion designer who won the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 2009.
The Word Revolutionist: James Baldwin
By: Sebastian Ruiz
James Baldwin was a highly influential author of the Harlem Renaissance.
Stories by Professional Writers
Trash Heroes
By: Elias Amador
Trash Heroes is an international, volunteer-led organization that mobilizes youth in over 12 countries to clean and prevent plastic waste in their communities.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr. inspired Congressman John Lewis as a young man during the Civil Rights Movement.
Rachel Gemara: Nursing COVID-19 Patients in Israel
By: Ruth Ebenstein
Rachel Gemara is an oncology nurse in Jerusalem who treated patients with COVID-19 at a popup unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Art Miles Mural Project
By: Kevin Metz<br> <i>Hero Magazine</i> Staff Writer
Art Miles Mural Project
uses art to create a more peaceful global community.
Women Heroes Noel Bennett and Tiana Bighorse
By: SUSAN Drennan GABRIEL Bunn
Two storytellers, elder Tiana Bighorse and young Noel Bennett published Tiana's family history. Now elderly, Noel is collaborating with Tiana's great grandson.
Caine Monroy
By: David Kelly
Caine Monroy
created a cardboard arcade and launched a movement.
Stories by Students
Clara Barton: The Angel of the Battlefield
By: Kelly McGrath
Clara Barton was a hospital nurse who founded the Red Cross in the United States.
Simone Campbell
By: Brooke Sirek
Simone Campbell is a Catholic Sister who participated in the "Nuns on the Bus" tour to fight for public health access.
Uzbekistan pupils against coronavirus
By: Marjona Boboeva
Marjona Boboeva's poem about learning from home in Uzbekistan during the coronavirus.
Quinn Callander
By: Shanelle Felipe
Quinn Callander is a 13-year-old who invented protective gear for face masks, helping healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alan Turing
By: Andrew Pu
Alan Turing was a cryptanalyst whose decoding of Nazi messages helped end World War II.
Walt Disney
By: Zach Meagher
Walt Disney was an animator and entrepreneur known for revolutionizing children's cartoons.
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