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GIA DEETON

YEARS AS MENTEE: 2

GRADE: Junior

HIGH SCHOOL: Baruch College Campus High School

BORN: New York, NY

LIVES: New York, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS: Scholastic Art & Writing Award: Silver Key

MENTEE’S ANECDOTE: I stepped into the persona of a bubbly sex-ed teacher and performed my one-woman show. When I returned to my seat, still feeling like my legs were Jell-O, my mentor, Lindsay, was waiting for me with a high-five. Writing a monologue about preventing sexual assault may be one of the trickiest things Girls Write Now has pushed me to do at a workshop, but Lindsay’s encouragement gave me the confidence to present a piece I was really proud of.

LINDSAY ZOLADZ

YEARS AS MENTOR: 2

OCCUPATION: Staff Writer, The Ringer

BORN: Voorhees, NJ

LIVES: Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS: Association of Magazine Media’s 2016 ASME Next Award for Journalists Under 30

MENTOR’S ANECDOTE: I’m always happy to see Gia at the Hungry Ghost every Wednesday afternoon, but one day in March I was surprised to see a present waiting for me at our favorite table. I had no idea what it was for; my birthday had passed a few months ago. “Happy International Women’s Day!” she said as I sat down, and I opened my lovely gift of a scarf and my favorite tea. Gia and the Girls Write Now community make me feel like every day is International Women’s Day.