Voices: Living with diseases, disorders doesn't define students' successes

It’s typical for college students to experience a variety of day-to-day anxiety. And for students who are also living with a disorder or disease, that stress can be overwhelming. But such challenges don't define a student’s success.

These are the stories of RJ Tonks and April Bellizio, who refuse to be defined by their conditions.

Nika Anschuetz is a student at Waynesburg University and a fall 2015 Paste BN Collegiate Correspondent.

This story originally appeared on the Paste BN College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. The blog closed in September of 2017.