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Student Activist and Writer

How I Spend My Time

Called "young & uber- talented" in the media

Recent News/ Coming Attractions

My poem "converge" is in Issue 31 of Roi Fainéant Press later this month!

I wrote about the exclusivity of business organizations and the importance of breaking barriers for women in business for Forte.

I just published a piece on the Clinton Global Initiative for Her Campus!

My poem "subway surfers: you and me: plane rides," just appeared in GLHF Press!

I was one of 30 poets selected from 11 countries to appear in The Hooghly Review.

Articles in which I have been featured

2022’s Top Stories From Ms. Magazine’s Team of Feminist Student Journalists

Research Shows College Sexual Assaults in Some Areas Are Returning to Pre-COVID Levels

What It’s Like to Live In a State Run By Politicians You Disagree With

"Pandemic Yearbook: 9 Students -- in Their Own Words -- on Life, Learning, and Loss as the Coronavirus Pushed into a Second Turbulent Year."

Students 'Surprised' Essay Dropped From SAT

Dear Joe Biden

The Capitol riots prompted reflection on school shootings for these students and teachers

New Year, New Drama in New York Schools

What We Wish Teachers Knew About Online Learning

Thanksgiving Is Going to Be Wildly Different This Year

12 Young Women Reflect On Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy & How To Keep Fighting

7 high school students on going back to class during the pandemic

From Jewish pride to self-doubt, teenage writers sound off on the rise in anti-Semitism

Rising Voices Fellows Respond to Coronavirus

Articles that I have written

YR Media articles

How Going to High School in the Pandemic Affected Us When We Got to College

Hanging in During Finals- 4 Tips To Stay Sane

5 Ways To Make Fall Break Fun!

Pro-choice young adults chime in on abortion access in conservative states

Student Book Recommendation: 'Taking Root' by Girls Write Now

Title IX Reverberates Through Three Generations

What it's like to be free on a college campus after finishing high school in quarantine

I’m 18 and I’m Afraid: The Looming Threat of On-Campus Sexual Assault

Who Fills In the Gaps During a Pandemic? Teenage Girls

Tales from the Hallway: What My Search for a Good Wi-Fi Signal Taught Me About Learning and the Value of Listening to My Neighbors

Writing Awards I have received

During senior year of high school, I received 2 Gold Keys, 1 Silver Key, and an Honorable Mention in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2021!

"NYC Girl" Gold Key Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2020

"This is Fifteen" Honorable Mention Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2019

Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine Editor's Choice Award

I have received multiple Teen Ink awards for my writing.

My blogs

No to Perfection

Raising My Hand High

Republished by jGirls

Down the Rabbit Hole of My Disability

Republished by jGirls

My Grandma's Fight for Equitable Education

A New Yorker Teen on Coronavirus, Homelessness in the City

Finding My Words Through Writing During Coronavirus

Spotlight on Cultural Eye Committee

Inside the Room Where Fashion and Writing Mix

Articles in which I have been quoted

High School Students Call for Racial Equity Focus, For Adults to Listen

53% of Students at Youth Town Hall Report Schools Have Not Sought Their Opinions on Reopening. ‘Realize That We Are the Next Generation of Leaders,’ They Urge

Scholastic's Choices (March 2021 issue)

Personal Essays

Where Are We Now?

Fiction

The Tide That Doesn't Come In

Accepting Uncertainty: COVID-19's Impact on My Junior Year

‘Never Again’ Must Stand 75 Years Later

An NYC Public School Student, Amid COVID-19

Why Is This Break Different From All Other Breaks?

No Diving jGirls Magazine Lead Issue

Prose

Coming of Age

Coming of Age (republished by Flare Journal)

Poetry

My poem "Time to Wake up" was selected for the UN's International Day of the Girl Summit

My poem "Cracks in the Country" was one of 27 selected to contribute to Kwame Alexander's community poem with the Southern Poverty Law Center

Feeling the Fall

Feeling the Fall (republished on Crossed Paths)

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Feeling the Fall (republished on Highly Indy)

"Words && Actions" in Analogies and Allegories Literary Magazine: Issue 2: Twisted Tales

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"They Say"

"Secret"

"Finding Freedom"

"Seeing Snowflakes"

"Feeding Time"

"To be Free"

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"welcome to the road"

"open book"

"entering their world"

"the locket"

"over"

"love and its ways"

"her body is a cage"

"the middle" (Divot of Month)

"bridges & tunnels"

"feminism is (at nineteen)"

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"hold on"

"the hope"

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"laundry basket"

"time after time"

"snowflakes & ice crystals"

"the wilderness"

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"campfires and freedom: moments of summer"

"Innocence Lost"

"steel magnolia ahead"

My work in literary magazines

Zines that I am featured in

Measuring Time

Physics and Fire

RVF 2020 Zine

“All of Love's Vibes” The Youth Voices Network and Day One Zine

"Here I Am!" in Bright Lite Magazine

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My work in Girls Write Now

Ctrl + B: The Girls Write Now 2019 Anthology which is available at Amazon, com:

https://www.amazon.com/Ctrl-B-Girls-Write-Now/dp/0996277234

My work as a Special Olympics North America Unified Champion Schools Correspondent

My performances and interviews

Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology which is available at Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Our-Place-History-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0865D268L

"This is Fifteen" age 16

"Bright Eyes" age 17

New Lessons for Remote Education

Zoomiversary: School on Screens

Bronx Connections: The Digital Divide

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