On a cold, cloudy November 16 morning, the 92nd Street Y had a line that wrapped around its building filled with youth from all around waiting to get inside. Why on a cold Sunday would teenagers be getting out of their warm beds to wait in the cold on line? And who were these teens?

These past couple months of the Bridgers’ lives have been extremely busy. With college applications, scholarship deadlines, and the consistent and progressive movement towards the culmination of our high school careers, we have all...