This personal essay series features stories by high school students taking part in Chalkbeat’s fellowship program.
People make assumptions about my high school — and about me.
Speaking up while learning English can be terrifying.
Would inheriting my father’s name mean inheriting his struggle?
The new financial aid application was supposed to be ‘faster and easier.’ For me, it has been anything but.
Find your voice, beat procrastination, and other lessons from my college application journey.
After months of homelessness and despair, my family found a safe haven in Newark.
My grandparents raised me as a ‘satellite baby’ in China. When I returned to NYC at age 5, I got to know my parents for the first time.
I resented the expectation that I lead with my trauma. But trauma is not the only thing that defines me, and it’s not the only reason I deserve to go to college.
I am one of the thousands of NYC children who lost a parent to COVID. Here’s what I want you to know about my dad.
We tackle topics like consent, gender, and self-advocacy. The goal: To destigmatize difficult conversations.
By the time I was 11, I was exposed to toxic comments and content.
My story of school refusal and recovery
Weekly meetups at the Detroit Public Library remind my friends and me about the power of IRL connection.
Here’s what I wish I could say when someone asks, ‘Where are you from?’
At home during COVID school closures, I consumed misogynistic content in an endless loop. My brother walked me back from the brink.