Tags: choices

Tien had a choice between going to Boston Latin Academy and John O'Bryant School.  She descriibes the dilemma she faced through humorous sketches and a witty narration.  

This is a very personal account of a single woman's decision to continue a pregnancy after surviving a divorce and trying to start a new life. Seline focused on the circumstances that led up to a decision that changed her life on many levels, but in the end focuses on the child as a blessing. She uses a few key personal photos, photo manipulation, text slides, and stock photos. It is also a great example of using music strategically at the end of the story, ending with just few final words and a slide show of her son Gianni.

Jayme, an active member of her community and staff at the Mandela Residents Cooperative Association, came to the workshop with the intent to create a story about the benefits of mentoring with young women. Through the story circle experience, she realized that she could convey her message more dramatically with her own story as a teenage mother and how mentoring has affected her life in positive way.