by Asher Lefkoff | 7 Dec 2022 | Culture, Education, Europe, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
It’s the serenity and commotion that I love about Spain. I must seize the day because I will never again be 17 running around a Spanish city I love. Zaragoza (Photo by Asher Lefkoff) This article, by high school student Asher Lefkoff, was produced out of News...
by Delord Herwane | 6 Dec 2022 | Art, Kepler, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Delord Herwane has drawn pictures since he was a child. “It’s a kind of evasion for me — to be far from worries or when there are some family issues.” A man and a panther, based on the movie “Black Panther” (all artwork by Delord Herwane) This...
by Aline Itege | 1 Dec 2022 | Education, Health and Wellness, Kepler, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
When the language of instruction in Rwanda shifted from French to English, I stumbled academically. My father taught me to ask for help when in a jam. The author with her father in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2008. “That was my first time in Kigali. My father had...
by Thea Lacey | 21 Nov 2022 | News Decoder alumni, News Decoder Updates
From living in a refugee camp to starting a nonprofit while at the African Leadership Academy, this News Decoder alumnus aspires to be a writer. Varlee S. Fofana speaking to the Liberian Youth Foundation after receiving a Community Service Award for contributions to...
by Marcy Burstiner | 18 Nov 2022 | African Leadership Academy, Decoder Dialogues, Gimnasio Los Caobos, Health and Wellness, Hewitt, News Decoder Updates, Tatnall School, Youth Voices
In a Decoder Dialogue webinar, News Decoder gathered five teens from three continents to share their thoughts and experiences around mental health. The Decoder Dialogue on Mental Health featured Marcy Burstiner, Maria Krasinski, Kingsley Onydikachi Aaron-Onuigbo,...