Latinitas Intern's Blog – March 2016 Archive (5)

During the workshop Stay Teen, some of our Latinitas wrote an essay about teen pregnancy. Here's what they had to share.

Why are teen pregnancies a problem?

High School can be tough. Fitting in, relating, having common experiences, it all becomes very complicated to the individual. Sex is being talked about and peers start to openly express their…

   Young Latinitas gave some advice on issues that may affect all of us at one time to another. We have all dealt with anxiety, bullying or being shy on certain occasions and even senioritis once that final year of high school arrives. We get it....we've all been there, and these girls are here to give some advice on some of these issues. Here's what you can do if you ever find yourself in these situations.

1.HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH…

We are celebrating women history month and we ask our ourl girls to answer some questions for us. We ask them what do they do for their community, who Latina do they admire, why is it important for women to have equal opportinities, what adivce would they like to share with other girls and why are they proud of being strong Latinas. This is what they share with us:

"I help my community by picking up trash that is in the streets or in all the community. I also help my community…

We made one actibity in wich the girls told us something about themeselve. Here is what they share with us.

"My favorite food is China food. My favorite color is pink and black. My favorite subject is math. My favorite thing to play with is a oxbox and shopkins. My favorite thing to investigate is about african american."     -Arely Tarin

"A mi me gusta ir a jugar con Carolina, Isabella and Angie. Mi comida favorita es la pizza. A mi me gusta la pelicula de mi…