OFM_TOC_3_19_SW_TOC 2 / 22 / 19 3 : 42 PM Page 1 contents OrlandoFamilyMARCH2019 p . 30 Shining Stars Meet the spring season’s top varsity athletes who regularly rise above the competition . Isabel Sedwick of Winter Park girls lacrosse FEATURES as photographed by Mark Losh 22 Mr . Nice Guy Tom Hanks has made a career out of being the lovable everyman and he wouldn’t have it any other way . 26 Ties That Bind Genetic DNA testing has grown in popularity with people eager to trace their family lineage , but it’s also being used to help solve crimes and detect potential health risks . 56 Long , Strange Trip DEPARTMENTS Indie - rocker Kurt Vile learned a 8 Youth Movement long time ago to follow his own We shine a light on some of the path . dedicated young volunteers doing their part to help make Greater Or - DINING lando a better place to live , work 52 Palate and play . 54 Side Dish 12 Cultural Exchange 55 Dining Review : Host families of foreign exchange Provisions & Buzz Co . students find that there’s plenty for them to learn as well . IN EVERY ISSUE 16 On the Front Lines 6 Home Front New legislation and training pro - 41 Orlando Family Stars grams are giving first responders struggling with PTSD a chance to SPECIAL ADVERTISING return to normalcy . SECTIONS 20 Home Away From Home 38 Sports Medicine The Ronald McDonald House and Fitness Guide Charities of Central Florida pro - vides comfort when it’s needed 42 Preschool Guide the most . 48 Miracle Workers Recent advancements in fertility treatments have given new hope to those struggling to start a family . Orlando Family Magazine is a free , trusted resource designed to inform , serve , and enrich local families and parents throughout the Greater Orlando area with parenting ideas , fun family activities , and a wide variety of invaluable resource guides . Please send all Editorial Correspondence for consideration to editorial @ OrlandoFamilyMagazine.com or mail to 212 Pasadena Place , Suite A , Orlando , FL 32803 . All such correspondence is sent on a non - confidential basis and Orlando Family Magazine , LLC shall be free to reproduce , publish , edit , and / or use the content of any such communications , including any ideas , inventions , concepts , techniques or know - how disclosed therein , for any purpose , including developing , and / or marketing of the magazine and / or goods or services identified in the magazine , without compensation to , or acknowledgement of the au - thor . Orlando Family Magazine assumes no liability for any unsolicited materials , including , but not limited to , manuscripts , photographs or artwork . All submitted materials become the property of Orlando Family Mag - azine , LLC and will not be returned . Please include a daytime telephone number for verification purposes . 2 ORLANDO FAMILY march 2019 ORLANDOFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM