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DIAMOND ABREU

YEARS AS MENTEE: 2

GRADE: Senior

HIGH SCHOOL: Millennium High School

BORN: New York, NY

LIVES: New York, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS: Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Gold Key and Honorable Mention, DCTV PRO-TV Media Fellowship Program

MENTEE’S ANECDOTE: Being with Girls Write Now has set me free from the barriers that held my voice and creativity back. The program not only creates a safe space for writing, but makes the process highly enjoyable. My mentor has seen me mature as a person and as a writer. She understands where I am coming from and therefore can find ways to help improve my writing. Girls Write Now is a gift that unlocked the potential I always had as a writer.

DORA VANETTE

YEARS AS MENTOR: 2

OCCUPATION: Lecturer at Parsons School of Design

BORN: Split, Croatia

LIVES: Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS: Published in Metropolis, Dwell, Journal of Design History, A Women’s Thing.

MENTOR’S ANECDOTE: Five minutes into my first meeting with Diamond, the two of us jumped into what felt like a comfortable friendship. We covered topics from school and friends to writing, movies, and comics—and we haven’t stopped since. In the two years that followed, both Diamond and I developed as writers and friends, but another layer of Diamond’s personality was revealed to me when she took me to her favorite comic book store, and I was so excited to see her tackle this topic in her Anthology piece.