Sylvia Rozines and her family were among the estimated 270,000 people forced into Poland’s Lodz ghetto beginning in 1939. By the time the ghetto was liberated in 1945, roughly 800 survivors remained. Of those, 12 were children. Rozines was one of them.

Photo by Lisa Helfert

College counselors, therapists and students offer suggestions on how best to navigate senior year stress.

Illustration by Sean Freeman

A group of older athletes in Montgomery County are pushing their limits with a coach and teammates who live for triathlons.

Photo by Skip Brown

Ellie Zartman and Suzy Maroon started hiking together 20 years ago (at age 58 and 61). In the years since, they’ve gone on 18 hiking trips in 21 countries. This piece won the 2017 American Society of Journalists and Authors award in the Profiles category.

Photo provided by Ellie and Suzy

Most girls don’t dream of becoming firefighters when they grow up. Clare Burley wants to change that.

Photo by Skip Brown

For aspiring novelists, a workshop that offers sustained feedback on one’s book—a book being an often complex, sprawling, and years-long project—can be hard to find.

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The Chevy Chase resident and best-selling novelist talks about plot twists, scaling mountains and selling the movie rights to her latest book.

Photo by Liz Lynch