Melvin Pichardo
Melvin, ’14, graduated from and received a two-year scholarship to attend Stella Adler Studio of Acting. His story, Tough Guise, was chosen for Teaching Tolerance its anti-bias curriculum. Melvin was one of three YCteen writers who were guests on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the 250th issue of YCteen, which was on the topic […]
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Lourdes Rosado
Lourdes M. Rosado is a YC alumna who helped start the organization in 1980. Ms. Rosado is currently the inaugural program director at the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and is a long-standing youth and social justice advocate. Prior to joining NYCLU, Ms. Rosado was chief of the Civil Rights Bureau in the New […]
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Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge, ’86, is an acclaimed writer of novels, nonfiction, and books for young adults. Her second book, Krik? Krak!, was a finalist for a National Book Award, as was her investigation into the death of her uncle in Miami’s immigration jail, Brother, I’m Dying. Her first book, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was an Oprah’s Book Club […]
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Rachel Swarns
Rachel L. Swarns ’84 served as managing editor of Youth Communication’s YCteen magazine, where she published more than a dozen stories while she was a high school student. Rachel has been a reporter for The New York Times since 1995. Her articles about Georgetown University’s roots in slavery touched off a national conversation about American universities and their […]
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