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The youth population in the United States possesses immense potential to help solve some of the social issues our nation faces. When…
After volunteering with the Special Olympics, Jordan Somer of Brooklyn, NY founded Miss Amazing when she was 13 years old. The former…
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Video provided courtesy of CNN. Katarina Eckstein-Schoemann is the proud older sister of two autistic brothers. Growing up, Schoemann and her brothers…