MATTHEWS, N.C. — People are inspiring others to make positive change all across the state and that includes in our schools.

Lila Stockwell is one of the many students we're featuring as kids head back to the classroom this month. She is an eighth-grader at Socrates Academy.

Stockwell likes to read and skateboard as well as play with her two dogs. She shares with us now her experiences learning amid the pandemic and tells us what gives her hope for the future.