Desiree Loise Boykin, Dorsey HS

El Camino College.

"My favorite memory for LA Youth was the 1997 City Lights Dinner. I got a chance to speak to Lisa McCree of Channel 7 Eyewitness News."

DeAna Brunson, LACES

Indiana University. In a year at Bowdoin College in Maine, DeAna was a student athletic trainer, First-year representative and historian for the African-American Society. She helped choreograph four dance routines, won a SOCA dance contest and modeled in the Asian Student Assn. Fashion show. She attended the Million Woman March in October, made the dean's list, and got a summer internship at the US Dept. of Commerce. in 1998, she will transfer to Indiana U.

"I remember constantly battling with Libby over my re-writes of my articles. I have to constantly re-write my papers in college, so now I am used to it."

LaJoya N. Clark, Pacific Palisades HS

Long Beach City College.

"Currently I'm employed with Kronos Inc. as an administrative assistant for the sales and marketing department. I enjoy my job because they enjoy my ideas and appreciate my hard work by always rewarding me."

"I enjoyed how Libby appreciated my idea to write a story on Anita Jolie Watson. I feel like she will always be remembered by friends and family but LA Youth contributed to that by publishing her story that I wrote."

Karmel Graham, Westchester HS

CSU Long Beach

"Writing for LA Youth has helped my self-esteem because you write something and people actually read it and you can have an impact. That's inspired me to start my own magazine."

Siel Ju, Fairfax HS

DePauw University.

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Meredith Kammerer, Marshall HS

Glendale Community College. On top of attending Glendale Community College full-time, Meredith is the Clubs Editor at New Times L.A. "It's a pretty cool job and I talk to some of the most interesting folks in L.A."

"LA Youth gave me confidence in my weirdness. Who else but Libby would let me put on a mask and hold up a whip for a photo to be used in the paper?"

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Libby Keatinge, LA Canada HS

UC Santa Barbara. While attending UC Santa Barbara for two years, Libby worked for the school paper, the Daily Nexus and interned at MTV Networks in Santa Monica. She is transferring to UCLA and will study abroad in Sevilla, Spain next February.

"At LA Youth I received excellent instruction on improving my writing. I met many interesting people through being a part of LA Youth as well as by interviewing people for articles."

Deva A. Kyle, Monroe HS

Vassar College, majoring in sociology.

"LA Youth opened so many opportunities for me, from meeting great teens from across the city to challenging me to do my best. Every experience I have had with LA Youth has been a very positive and special one. My favorite memory was when Libby and I went to interview the owner of a nightclub for an article I was writing on teen clubs. We had to go during club hours which meant entering this nightclub with cameras and tape recorders at 10 o'clock on a Friday night. From that point on I truly felt like a journalist."

"LA Youth has affected almost all levels of my life. It's improved my writing, dedication, and levels of commitment, not only that it looks great on applications to have published articles."

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Kheang Long, Bravo Medical Magnet

Stanford University

Irene Manjarrez

Crenshaw HS 1997, Cal State Northridge
My favorite memory of LA Youth is attending the Illustrators workshop in 96. I had the chance to meet student from different high schools whose interest is illustration and Lalo Alcaraz who illustrates La Cucaracha and Pocho magazine. Above all I was proud of being one of LA Youths illustrators. LA Youth was a wonderful experience for me.
Initially Irene attended CSUN as a journalism major, and now has switched to majoring in Television Production. She has been working on motor cross and street bike drawings, landscapes and surrealism. The visual arts is my passion and it will always be.

Armaiti May, Santa Monica HS

At UC Berkeley, Armaiti plans to major in Bioresource Sciences, in preparation for a career as a vet.

"The article I did for LA Youth was the first newspaper article I had ever gotten published. In that way, it was a big accomplishment. I also learned certain writing and editing skills in the process."

Alex Melinkoff, Fairfax HS

Santa Monica College.

Chidimma Obioha, Beverly Hills HS

Before leaving for Brown University, Chidimma served as a student intern at UCLA Medical Center.

"I was able to express my opinions and feelings on different controversial and personal issues. I wouldn't have been able to do this if I wrote for my school newspaper."

Jalpa (Natalie) Parikh, Whitney HS

UCLA. "I'm starting my junior year as a sociologu major. I've been accepted to their Honors program and I'm excited to make this transition. I have a son who is 2 1/2 years old and is the light of my life. I still enjoy writing and hope to pursue that in conjunction with teaching at the college level."

"[LA Youth] was a lot of fun and also a very rewarding experience to meet so many talented people."

Nicole Marie Perez, Monroe HS

UC Berkeley. "I'm adjusting myself between two cities (LA and San Francisco/Berkeley). And I'm loving the rave scenes and instrumental playing."

"Nothing was as memorable as going to the Arena (nightclub in Hollywood) and getting felt up by nasty men--and upon returning getting f***d up by nasty attorneys."

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Daniel Weintraub, Beverly Hills HS

Seattle University.

"Since I graduated I've been working as a day care person and going to school. I can't get the writer's bug out of me, so I've written several articles for the paper at school."

"LA Youth has been very therapeutic for me and I get a lot of satisfaction knowing that people are reading my articles and hopefully relating to them. I don't want people to feel like they are alone. My favorite memory at LA Youth was when I got to go on a TV show with three other writers. I really felt proud and rewarded to be on TV."

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Randy Wells, Washington Prep HS

Cal State San Francisco. Randy worked as assistant publicist for the Vans Warped Tour 97 and 98.

"LA Youth has given me the opportunity to do and accomplish things that I never would have thought of doing."

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