Stories and videos I pitched, created and produced spotlight people whose courage and compassion inspire — veterans overcoming unimaginable odds, a woman whose poet-tree builds meaningful connections, a town whose residents keep its Underground Railroad history alive.

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.
Inspirational speaker Kevin Carroll on the importance of play and the "Rules of the Red Rubber Ball."
Broadcast journalist Richard Lui on his journey as a long-distance caregiver for his father.
Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Hobart, New York, the book village of the Catskills.
Casey, Illinois, where handmade artifacts around town are really big! Part of a series I created.
Inspiring small town Monroeville, Alabama, birthplace of Harper Lee. 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.
EMS chief Jan Rader on the forefront of trying to help her town's drug addiction overdoses.
Military veteran Sandy Blair who builds homes for fellow veterans in need.
9/11 survivors reflect on their escape from the Twin Towers.
Marine veteran Micah Herndon
Kid chef
Q&A with congresman
Marine veteran Kirstie Ennis
A Ukrainian-American Catholic priest in Pennsylvania shares his concern for his twin brother, a soldier fighting in the Ukraine war.
Iraq war veteran Bryan Anderson, one of the most inspirational people I've worked with.
Robert Young left his job in sales to build homes for Native American elders in need of shelter.