Stories and videos I pitched, created and produced spotlight people whose courage and compassion inspire — veterans overcoming overwhelming odds, a woman whose Poet-Tree builds connections with neighbors, a town whose residents keep its Underground Railroad history alive, and more.

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Rodney Smith Jr. created a national lawn mowing program for kids to help their neighbors in need.
Poems "grow" on the branches of this seaside town's Poet Tree aimed to bring people together.
Underground Railroad re-enactor in a video series about America's inspiring small towns.
Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Broadcast journalist Richard Lui on his journey as a long-distance caregiver for his father.
Inspirational speaker Kevin Carroll on the importance of play and the "Rules of the Red Rubber Ball."
Marine veteran Kirstie Ennis
EMS chief Jan Rader on the forefront of trying to help her town's drug addiction overdoses.
Kid chef
Robert Young left his job in sales to build homes for Native American elders in need of shelter.
Q&A with congresman
Marine veteran Micah Herndon
9/11 survivors reflect on their escape from the Twin Towers.
Hobart, New York, the book village of the Catskills.
Inspiring small town Monroeville, Alabama, birthplace of Harper Lee. Part of a series I created.
Casey, Illinois, where handmade artifacts around town are really big! Part of a series I created.
The inspiring small town, Tucumcari, New Mexico, on Route 66.
The "junk gypsies" appeared in a video about their inspiring small town of Round Rock, Texas.
A Ukrainian-American Catholic priest in Pennsylvania shares his concern for his twin brother, a soldier fighting in the Ukraine war.
Military veteran Sandy Blair who builds homes for fellow veterans in need.
Iraq war veteran Bryan Anderson, one of the most inspirational people I've worked with.