Diamond in the Rough: Leah Yingling

Dressed in school uniforms, the Yingling sisters raced home from the bus stop every day to their childhood home in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, just 90 minutes east of Pittsburgh, undeterred by the constant hills.

“Our neighborhood was a hill, our street was a hill and our driveway was a hill. The local high school’s mascot was even named the Hilltoppers,” said Leah Yingling.