Tayana Antoine (Fenway High 2023) describes the similarities between a teen mom and an older sister. How her dual role as caretaker for her younger siblings and as a maturing adult can be both stressf

When Catari Giglio was a junior at Boston's West Roxbury Academy, the School Department announced that they were going to close the high school. She and her classmates were told theyd have to transfe

Fenway High senior Anthony Gonzalez (2020) wrote his college essay about "code-switching" -- alternating between two social and cultural norms -- and how he used it to navigate high school.

Salamata Barry was born in Guinea. When she was eight years old, she was forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation, a dangerous cultural custom that left her feeling powerless. Nearly a decade later

Azadi Charles Sampson recounts the support group of African-American men who shaped his vision of a career in law enforcement.

Lissa was raised to ignore the parts of herself that were Black, instead acknowledging only her Dominican heritage. But that changed when the foster care system put her with a family that was proud of