19-Year-Old Levin: Working Through Adversity in Honduras Levin was 19 years old, the youngest son of eight in a farming family who live in the mountains about 3 hours north of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.  Levin was a shy young man.  Part of his reticence may have to do with…

Bright Eyes, Brave Steps: Mario’s Inspiring Journey We met Mario as a bright-eyed 11 year-old in the northern mountains of Guatemala. He lived in the same town as Dani and was born with a similar congenital deformity.  He is missing the lower portion of his left leg. His well-worn prosthesis…

Tiny Steps, Big Dreams: Maria’s Story No one is certain how this happens – or even if this is what happens – but we think that, as a few fetuses develop, one or more of their appendages get strangled by tough threads of tissue inside the uterus. The rapidly multiplying stem cells…

Born to Move: How Hudson Defied the Impossible Hudson was born with a rare genetic defect. Both of his legs below the knees were misshapen and turned backwards. But that didn’t stop him from learning to walk – on his knees. https://youtube.com/shorts/QVcWR2xBU_I?feature=share Living in the remote Miskito Coast, his family…