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Passing Down a Love for Art

Sometimes the best teachers are in your own home.

by Anonymous

Since I was 4, a range of mentors, from my mom to my grandfather to a real art teacher, have helped me discover what I like—and don’t like—about art. From the first time I picked up a paintbrush at the age of 4, I was immediately intrigued by the world of art-making.

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High Seriousness

by Maggie Crary

A liberal arts college with a strong culture of participation, both in class discussion and campus activities. Passionate students with a love of learning. A holistic admissions process. Close relationships between students and professors. An American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) debate team or the tools to start one.
Marching Forward With Little Women

by Zaria Nyah Lowe

I’ve always loved writing. As a child, I wrote essays for school on issues like gender inequality or deforestation, and journaled to vent emotions and record my life. Eventually I discovered poetry, and liked the freedom of it—how not every line needed to rhyme and I could play with different structures and tones.Inspiration
Not My Fault

by Anonymous

Names have been changed. At the beginning of freshman year, I started hanging out with new, cool people who liked the same alternative music I did. I was so excited for a restart from the bullying I endured in middle school.
Let Carrie Bradshaw Grow Up

by Camila Ritter

“Sex and the City” premiered on HBO a decade before I was born; the final SATC movie was released in my toddler years. And yet the show is still an ongoing topic among my peers, especially online. I started watching the show more than a year ago, mostly because my friends were invested and begging me to watch.

Represent Magazine

Stories by Teens in Foster Care

Twice a Refugee

I fled an arranged marriage to be LGBTQ in the U.S., but I wasn’t safe from ICE. So I fled again, to Canada.

by Anonymous

My journey from West Africa to the U.S. took me away from everything I knew, but brought me closer to what I wanted to be: free. I arrived in May 2024, and it seemed at first that I could build a new life in New York City.

Youth-written stories in Represent give inspiration and information to teens in foster care while offering insight into those teens’ struggles.

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