Ellen Christine Seymour, 15, from Holland, Michigan, is a freshman at Grand Rapids Adventist Academy and has been a student there since seventh grade. Ellen is no ordinary student because she is an Albino and legally blind. To see her around school, you would never know she had limitations, because she is so actively involved in her academics and music. Because of her Albinism, she has had opportunities to explore avenues others probably have not, including learning to drive with a special pair of glasses.

Ellen has been her class's treasurer for two years now. The most important thing she has learned in her first year of academy is how to be organized and work better with others. She has also discovered that success is built on failure. Her long-term ambition is to some day be involved in medical science and genetics, which could explain her love for her physical science class.

Ellen takes a special interest in swimming, reading, volunteering, choir, and playing both the clarinet and the piano. She wants to be known for her humor, her Albinism, and that she cares about others.

Ellen in the daughter of Daniel and Judith Seymour, and she attends the Grand Rapids Central Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Natanael "Naty" Tejeda, 15, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a sophomore at Grand Rapids Adventist Academy (GRAA). Naty, as he is affectionately known, has been at GRAA since Kindergarten. He was religious vice president his freshman year and is currently the sophomore vice president and the Student Association social vice president.

Since Naty plans to be a doctor, biology is important to his future and consequently his favorite class. He finds it interesting to learn how everything functions. The most important thing Naty has learned in academy is that procrastinating on homework is not wise.

Naty enjoys basketball, reading, violin, and hanging out with friends. He wants people to know him for who he really is, that he is fun to be around, trustworthy, and most of all a Christian. Those who know him best remember his quick wit and humor. His teachers since Kindergarten have enjoyed watching him grow into a very courteous, Christian young man.

Naty is the son of Hermis and Eunice Tejeda, and he attends the Maranatha Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church.