Michelle Obama Honors Girls Write Now!

Girls Write Now has been honored with the prestigious 2009 Coming Up Taller Award from the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. First Lady Michelle Obama presented the award to founder and executive director Maya Nussbaum and third-year GWN mentee Tina Gao (pictured above) at the White House. Watch Tina's journey here.

This award distingushes Girls Write Now as one of the top 15 youth arts and humanities organizations in the nation. As a thank you to Mrs. Obama, we asked our girls to convey the significance of this honor in their own words. Read their incredible work here. And, watch Michelle Obama present the award to Girls Write Now on YouTube.