Evans is a rising junior at Madison Central High School where she is a member of many organizations, including High Tech Video Production.

Now 16, Thomas lives in Bolton with his mother, stepfather and younger brother. His mother seemed to work a lot when he was younger, “probably to afford to move around,” he quips, but it appears to him she has settled down more.

When you get older, you’re gonna know a lot of people from different places, which gives you opportunities, which allows you to meet other people rather than just the people at your school you’ve been to all your life,” Kaitlyn Poole says.

Taylor Brandon loves Formula 1. Her father introduced her to it, and she has been fascinated with it since then. In the future, she hopes to be a race-car commentator or even publicist.

In the future, Washington plans to go to the University of Memphis to further her career. However, she is undecided on what she may want to do. “I’ve changed my mind so many times. Right now, I’m feeling like I want to be an OB-GYN, but at one point I wanted to be a defense lawyer,” the student journalist says.

Shakespeare has many hopes and dreams for her future, but trauma has shaped many of them, as she encountered personal issues in addition to the bullying. These mental battles created a negative impact on her mindset.