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Around the world and back again

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At the young age of 18, Ruby Sniderman has already touched the lives of many people — both locally and internationally — earning her a $25,000 award toward her university education.

Bilaal Rajan

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AT A COFFEE SHOP on Elgin Mills Road just west of the 404, I’m meeting fundraiser, author and UN ambassador Bilaal Rajan. He’s been called a fundraising phenom.

John Roberts

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IN HIS LAST year of high school, future CNN anchor John Roberts would sneak over to the local pub, the only place he could get a beer at his young age.

Grand designs

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AS ONE OF the 10 finalists chosen from hundreds to be featured on HGTV’s Designer Superstar Challenge, Holy Trinity School graduate Mariela Campo says she was thrilled to flex her creative muscles in front of the camera.

The Midway State

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The Midway State is not your typical angsty indie rock outfit. They’ve got a hit record, two Juno nominations, international tours, a slot playing this month’s Edgefest concert at Downsview Park and a singer-songwriter with a medical condition worthy of an episode of House.

Alexis’ Angels on the move

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Richmond Hill’s Jason Brommet has travelled the most difficult road a parent can face. In February of 2008, he and his wife Amanda lost their three-year-old daughter Alexis

Life of the party

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ACCORDING TO THORNLEA Secondary School graduates Page and Jian Magen, high school was sometimes a challenge. The Thornhill twins say they often got into trouble for socializing and took six years to graduate because of poor grades and discipline problems.

Ennis Esmer

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ENNIS ESMER IS standing in the dark on the stage of Earl Haig Secondary School’s Cragin Hall for the first time in more than a decade.

Drawn to Disney

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LOOKING BACK ON the span of his 20- year career in the animation business, Andrew Wolf pinpoints the moment he first felt successful. It was 1996, and he’d just been hired by Disney.