Romero is an AIDS care advocate and board member of the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
15 Minutes
15 Minutes: Tricia Hilliard, 47
Fitness instructor at Life Time Gym and CorePower Yoga in Raleigh who leads “Pride Ride” cycling classes.
15 Minutes: Dane Piedt, 18, and Abhiram Bolisetty, 18
Meet bowlers for the Morrisville Raptors, a minor league cricket team in the Triangle.
15 Minutes: Mac Barnes, 18
NC School of Science and Math graduate and winner of a gold medal in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition for his quilted series “A Walk in Their Shoes.”
15 Minutes: Aida Guo, 18
Green Level High School graduate and winner of the #makenoisetoday “Letters to …” contest out of 900 entries on the subject of race, ethnicity, and identity.
15 Minutes: Siri Chenna, Peggy Tatum, and Amanda Mandy, Founders of The Gut Patrol
Siri Chenna is a student at Green Hope High School and a social media marketer for The Gut Patrol. Peggy Tatum is the publisher of TCP Magazine at The Connection Place. Amanda Mandy is a community health ambassador at the Duke Cancer Institute.
15 Minutes: Matt McCarthy, 41
McCarthy is a digital collage artist with a focus on cats.
A Conversation with a Cheese Rolling Champion
Abby Lampe, a recent NC State graduate, is the first American woman to be crowned winner of the Gloucester Annual Cheese Rolling Championship.
15 Minutes: John Manuel, 72, Author
Manuel is an environmental journalist and the author of several books, including two inspired by local rivers.
15 Minutes: Tom Vibert, 59
Vibert, a cyclist and cancer survivor, will take part in the V Foundation’s Victory Ride to Cure Cancer this weekend.

