Still I Rise

- Season 1

(2018)

Long before Aaron began fighting California's wild fires, he battled abuse and homelessness.

When kids start calling Aya "Isis" at school, she turns to her journal to make sense of her Muslim roots.

A daughter recounts her childhood in the fields and the sacrifices her undocumented parents made to send their four children to college.

Sinay, a young woman from Venezuela, dreams of independence and as her country unravels, she sells everything she owns to start anew.

Victor recalls three defining moments in his life: coming to America at age 12, his dad dying five years later, and getting into medical school at Rutgers University.

A grandfather in Detroit tells his grandson the family's painful but enduring history and what it means to be black in America.

Christina always wanted to help people in need, but being the victim of a shooting that saved a friend's life redefined her purpose.