Kia Wright

Kia Wright, who coaches Copiague junior varsity girls basketball team, tells her 18-year-old self: "Be happy, be free .. make decisions that make you happy. Don’t live your life for anyone else but yourself. You’re not always going to make everyone happy with your decisions but stick to them and be proud. Life isn’t always going to be fair … or easy, but you have to push through and overcome all the obstacles that are meant to destroy you." Credit: Newsday / Yeong-Ung Yang