Aneesha J
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Sienna Ponce
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Layla Mikel Vilanueva
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Mahnoor Shirazi
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with Amrin Khalil who is a doctor, poet and spoken word artist. Writing has been a part of her life since very young in many forms and currently exists as @amrinkhalilpoetry on Instagram. Her poems often articulate the struggles of WOC, social justice, culture, faith, identity, self love, mental health and breaking Eurocentric beauty standards and stereotypes. Named "Top 7 SouthAsian female poets in 2023" by Desi Blitz.
Baret Scholars is a selective program for 180 students to grow and mature as individuals. Over 7 months, students experience 7 regions: starting in New England in September and traveling through Paris, São Paulo, Istanbul, Nairobi, and New Delhi, ending in China and graduating in Japan. Each region offers 105 fellowship options, including hiking the Appalachians, studying Bengal Tiger conservation, exploring Amazon biodiversity, learning urban planning in Saudi Arabia, or making art in Nigeria.
with Shruthi Kumar who is a student at Harvard University, studying History of Science and Economics with a minor in Human Evolutionary Biology. Shruthi recently made news when she decided to go offscript and addressed the Gaza Protests in American Universties as 13 of her peers were barred from graduation due to their participation in Pro-Palestine protests.
As Youth Magazine completed one year and was rebranded to Empower, we held a Flash Fiction contest and an Illustration Contest to celebrate this feat. We were pleased to receive an overwhelming amount of submissions and we are excited to announce you the two winning illustrations in the Illustration Contest: Richard Stephenson and Du Kha Han. As for the Flash Fiction Contest, we weren't able to declare any winners, because none of the submissions met the guidelines nor were upto the standard we were looking for. We'd like to thank all participants who took the time to write these stories and we extend our heartiest congratulations to the winners!