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Intro. Liana Brooks stood at the edge of the stage, tassel swinging beside her cheek, fingers curled tight around her diploma. The cheers were loud, the cameras flashing, but in that moment, all she could hear was her own heartbeat—and maybe the quiet whisper of everything that came next. She smiled the kind of smile that holds both goodbye and beginning, the kind that says I’m scared, but I’m going anyway. Because that’s who Liana was: steady, kind, and quietly brave in a world just starting to unfold.

Liana Brooks

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