Writing

Friends, I have been inspired. Reading the New York Times yesterday, I discovered an incredibly cool program that pairs high school girls with women who are authors, journalists, playwrights, poets and editors as mentors.

Specifically targeting low-income and immigrant girls, whose parents may not speak English, Girls Write Now was started 10 years ago by Maya Nussbaum. While majoring in creative writing, Nussbaum realized the difference mentors had made in her life and writing and wanted to offer the same opportunity to aspiring writers -- girls who might not have it otherwise because they attend large, overcrowded schools, come from low-income neighborhoods or from families in which writing is not a priority.