‘I want you to have wonderful lives!’ What’s being said to inspire the next generation

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She has been a Girls Write Now mentee for two years and is a proud winner of a full-ride scholarship to Smith College!</span></p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img src="https://girlswritenow.org/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" data-lazy-src="https://girlswritenow.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ezgif-3-c857c1938796-1-1.gif" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="720" height="405" alt="Jayola & Ashley Photo" class="wp-image-134930"><noscript><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="720" height="405" src="https://girlswritenow.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ezgif-3-c857c1938796-1-1.gif" alt="Jayola & Ashley Photo" class="wp-image-134930"/></noscript></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center"><span class="JsGRdQ">“I want to thank everyone at Girls Write Now for helping me improve my writing skills. I wouldn’t have been able to complete my personal statement without you! Thank you also for the amazing community that you’ve provided that’s motivated me to attend a historically women’s college!”</span></p> <p class="has-text-align-center">—Mentee Jayola Reid</p> <div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row justify-center items-center my-6 gap-x-4 gap-4"> <div class="text-2xl uppercase"> Share This </div> <ul class="flex list-none justify-center items-center gap-x-1 m-0"> <li> <a class="hover:no-underline block rounded-full bg-twitter h-12 w-12 flex justify-center items-center hover:bg-opacity-80" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%E2%80%98I+want+you+to+have+wonderful+lives%21%E2%80%99+What%E2%80%99s+being+said+to+inspire+the+next+generation&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgirlswritenow.org%2Fmentee-inspiration%2F"> <svg class="h-5" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="61.519" height="47.384" viewBox="0 0 61.519 47.384"><path style="fill:#ffffff;fill-rule:evenodd;" 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