Dear College David Goodman, Steve Marantz, Lia Baldori

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 stressful and rewarding.

Jenessa Otabor (Fenway High 2023) shares how an educational opportunity turned from stressful to rewarding; once she learned how to speak up for herself.

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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 they’d have to transfer for their senior year, piling more chaos onto an already stressful time. But in the face of disappointment, Catari felt something ignite inside her: a fighting instinct. Her college essay shares how she pushed back against what she thought was an unfair decision, discovering a new passion in the process.

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.