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Finding Home

By Rachel Young

I started this piece after I went to the doctor’s office for the first time during COVID. I realized this would be the last time I would be in this small office because I’m turning 18 and next year I may be far from home because of college. It reminded me that I might not always have my mom by my side in places where you have to make important decisions or hear sensitive information. The possibility of being away from home for the first time made me wonder how my connection to myself and my family would change. This piece is about the worries of growing up, the changing bonds of family, and finding home when everything seems to be moving under your feet.

High School Students Across the Country Start Projects During Quarantine

By Ama Anwar

The article centers on five high school students in the US who are pursuing their hobbies to create projects that are bringing people around the world together during the pandemic.

And There I Was

By Alex Berman

An autobiographical comic about gender identity, coming out to yourself, and finding your way.

Ek Kaam Kar

By Wagiha Mariam and Brigid Duffy

This piece has two narrators: a broken bride and a defiant teenager. They are both at the same wedding and they communicate through a connection that transcends words.

Lyz and Maya Swap Genres

By Lyz Mancini and Mayanna Mueller

When we first met as mentor and mentee, we began exploring each other’s writing tastes. Sure, we had a lot in common but we also had our strengths and weaknesses as awesome writers. We decided to swap our favorite genres of writing, and provide rules and guidelines for each other to see what developed when we pushed ourselves out of our writing comfort zones.

Lucky

By Gabrielle Galchen

In the context of mortality, the pandemic and the imminent impacts of climate change, it is beyond important to remember how objectively lucky we are to be alive. There is a certain priceless appreciation in simply existing and breathing comfortably within ourselves.

Fourteen Days

By Grace Yu and Sarah McNaughton

This is a collection of haikus written between January 10 and January 23 that captures our combined experiences.

I Love It When…

By Olivia Jane Smith and Chelsea Chinedo

A pandemic-era reflection on the things that bring us joy—things we may have taken for granted because we thought they would always be there. The little things seem much bigger now.

Seventeen

By Ashley Quiah

In Seventeen, I explore the ups and downs of being seventeen years old. From the pressure to be “perfect” to what I wish we had more of.

you have been here before

By Dalya Cordeiro

An introspective piece about returning home and seeing the past through different eyes.

A Passenger’s Library

By Anaís Fernández

An exploration of ghostly subway rides during the COVID-19 pandemic.

No Brainer: Podcast Trailer

By Grace Cuddihy and Caroline Shifke

This is our trailer for No Brainer, a podcast about the ins and outs of living with chronic neurological conditions.

Guide Dog Chronicles

By Sheridan Cole and Meghan McDonough

As research for our screenplay featuring a character who is blind with a guide dog, we interviewed Lorri Bernson, who works at Guide Dogs of America and has had four guide dogs of her own.

Faces

By Lauren Lee and Lillian Patterson

“Faces” is about the way young women view themselves in a world that presents a single standard of beauty. These lyrics push back against those barriers and question the value systems from which they originate.