When I was six years old, a pretty blue butterfly died on my school’s playground. I remember watching my friends kneel down and pray for it, without having any idea myself of what to do. I had never prayed before. I had never been taught to. So, I did what any conforming six-year-old would do: […]

Karen Matsui
Karen Matsui is a freshman at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky.