Tags: teen pregnancy

I wrote this story because a lot of my friends have become teen parents. It could happen to anyone, and we judge teen mothers with out realizing all the things that they go through. I wrote this story in first person, even though I'm not a teen mother myself, because I've been close to a few friends who have gone through this experience and I don't think their real story is being heard.

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.