There are so many factors that affect how our lives turn out, but one of the most interesting is how our backgrounds give us unique strengths and perspectives that affect who we are as adults. We asked rising stars from the community to tell us about their background and upbringing and how they feel it’s impacted who they are today.

Moesha-Mya Foster | Media Student & Digital Creator

Hailing from Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas, my upbringing in this picturesque island nation has been instrumental in molding the person I am today. Read more>>

Danielle Snow | Handmade Maker

I was born and raised in Rhode Island and have lived in South Carolina for the last 20 years. I come from a generation of sewist. My nana knitted and crocheted. She made me my first Miss Piggy (when the Muppets were popular). She found the head and crocheted the body. I loved that doll. Needless to say, 40 years later, I have no idea where it is now. But I remember going to a store with her and she would buy all these doll heads with hair. Maybe as a child, that may freak someone out but I was enamored with it. She passed away when I was 7. I wondered what she could have taught me if she had not passed on. Read more>>

James “Eli” Moorman | Artist / Rapper

Im from a small town called Gilbert, South Carolina. Bored and raised, coming from a small town of 700 strongly impacted my musical career. I started choir in school in 3rd grade till 8th grade and started my own thing ever since Read more>>