Teen Ink

Last summer, I found myself ­sitting on a couch opposite a 38-year-old Filipino man named Peter who smelled like stale tuna, dirt, and a dream deferred. “Where are you from?” I asked....

In reflecting on the events of my life that have impacted me, I returned to the night of August 1, 2006. I found myself in Row G of Radio City Music Hall in New York City sitting by my mother, not...

   Evaluate a significant experience or achievement that has special meaning to you.This is a topic I don't even have to think twice about. On April 20, 1996, my mother, her fianc",...