A Utah teacher transitioned during the pandemic. Her students picked her to speak at graduation because of her courage.

(Briana Scroggins | Special to The Tribune) Syracuse Arts Academy science teacher Bree Borrowman hugs her former student, Alysha Sanderson, after the Syracuse Arts Academy Freshman Farewell in Syracuse on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. “She was awesome,” Sanderson said about Borrowman. “She helped me through tough times. She’d do my makeup and help me with my confidence.”