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Yaneli Victoriano is a junior at Palestine High School in Illinois.
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 […]
