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LAURA ROSE CARDONA

YEARS AS MENTEE: 2

GRADE: Senior

HIGH SCHOOL: Williamsburg Preparatory High School

BORN: Brooklyn, NY

LIVES: Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS: Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions; Presidential Scholarship for The King’s College; Leadership Scholarship for The King’s College

MENTEE’S ANECDOTE: Vegan donuts. Rainbow-colored string lights. The smell of coffee and—you guessed it—the smell of vegan donuts. In the background, a faux jukebox plays quirky, old-timer tunes. “I love women, ahhhhhh,” screeches the ancient singer. Kathleen and I exchange glances, stifling our laughs at the bizarre tunes. You see, she and I have the utmost respect for that music, the scents in the air, and the out-of-the-season lights, because to us, this is what it feels like to be a writer, an artist, a New Yorker, and yes: this is what it feels like to be part of Girls Write Now.

KATHLEEN SCHEINER

YEARS AS MENTOR: 6

OCCUPATION: Freelance editor and writer

BORN: Biloxi, MS

LIVES: Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS: New York State of Fright anthology (2017)

MENTOR’S ANECDOTE: As Laura prepares for college, we’ve been laser-focused during our sessions, working on writing essays for various scholarships, preparing for presentations, and rehearsing speeches. We sit at a table in Dun-Well Doughnuts, a laptop between us, checking edits, but we always have time to joke—“Adverbs are weak!”—and rhapsodize about our favorite punctuation marks. Laura says, “The umlaut is now a thing in my life,” while I like the dramatic gesture of an em dash.