Harris' Heroes

Mental health is a hot topic for Generation Z. In one Montgomery County high school, students have come together to fight stigma around issues like depression, anxiety and suicide.

The Latino Student Fund relies on volunteer tutors to provide free, year-round tutoring and mentoring services to low-income, at-risk students. Michele and Mark Lerner are their longest-serving volunteers, and this week’s Harris’ Heroes.

The drama director at Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts runs his classes like a professional acting academy. After directing at the school for 20 years, Mike Replogle plans to retire. Replogle teaches his students how to succeed as professional actors, not only directing the school’s theatrical productions, but also teaching classes o...

This week’s Harris’ Hero is scholarCHIPS, an organization devoted to building a community of emotional support for the children of incarcerated parents and providing scholarships for them to attend college.

Capriece Piper wanted to give back to young girls in her Prince William County Community so she created Divine Dance Company. Leon Harris shows us the positive impact of her performing arts company.

Shout Mouse Press Club is empowering students to write their own stories. Leon Harris reports for Harris’ Heroes.

A local father went above and beyond the call of duty when his little girl got a life-threatening diagnosis. Leon Harris reports.

“Cousin Wayne,” as he is affectionately called, does good in Southeast D.C. by mentoring, counseling and feeding members of his community. Anyone wishing to contact him can do so at duane.c124@yahoo.com.

Real Food For Kids makes learning about fruits and vegetables fun and creative for students. Leon Harris reports.

A former Washington Redskins cheerleader wanted to create a sisterhood for girls in her community, so she started a program that teaches dance and life skills.

A Virginia cancer survivor used her experience as motivation to make treatment easier for others.

Steve Holley is a direct support professional for the National Children’s Center working with people with emotional and intellectual disabilities. Because he’s been deaf since he was three, Holley uses his skills and knowledge of sign language to help others who are deaf like him.

For more than two decades a school has been teaching English to adults who moved to the D.C. area from other countries. Leon Harris reports. You can find information about helping Carlos Rosario Public Charter School here.