By the end of the week, whispers, rumors, and complaints had already filled the studios. Flyers began to appear on walls in bold letters: NUTCRACKER AUDITIONS: CASTING UNDER NEW DIRECTION. 

Growing through change: stories and advice from a teen, for all the teens out there.

My vision starts to black out, and then I am holding out to something, anything, for just a little support. I find nothing of the sort. Instead, I am falling. No. No.

As a teenager, I never thought I would have to care about politics until I was older. In my world, politics was just something that I didn’t have to worry about. And that was the problem.