In Houston, a city where athletic opportunities can be as uneven as the notoriously bumpy sidewalks, 16-year-old Mallika Mohan knows that passion alone isn’t enough to get into – and stay in – youth sports. Mallika, a sophomore at Bellaire High School, has been learning ballet and Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance, since she was […]
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Bethel Kifle is a rising junior at Bellaire High School in Houston.
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Distracted Driving Is a Major Killer in Texas. Meet the Teens Trying to Stop It.
This story was created as part of a news writing workshop by Youthcast Media Group®, which offers free and paid training in multimedia journalism to diverse high school students from under-resourced communities. Teens are taking to the road every day in Texas as newly-minted drivers and passengers. And safety activists are trying new strategies to […]