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Mónika Naranjo-Shepherd: Storytelling Through Her Eyes

2023 winner of MY HERO Project’s Sylvia Earle Award for her film, The Art of Discovery.

Elissa Montanti: Spreading Global Compassion

Elissa Montanti is saving hundreds of children around the world and providing them with a life that they couldn’t have ever imagined they’d live.

ABOUT OUR COLLECTION OF STORIES
Visitors, teachers, students, and MY HERO staff publish all kinds of stories, from inspirational essays about a close friend, to important global issues.

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Fannie Lou Hamer by Robert Shetterly

From the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series

Ilse Bing

was known as the queen of the Leica

ABOUT THE DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Our gallery features art in the theme of heroism. All artworks in our commercial free, age-appropriate Gallery are contributed by professional and student artists as well as curated from art institutions around the world.

MY HERO Project seeks unique works of art by professional and student artists that celebrate the lives and courageous acts of heroes who work to promote change by positively affecting others and their communities. Completed artwork should reflect thoughtful ideas to show how the selected hero demonstrates heroic action and creates positive social change.

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