Girls Write Now
NPR All Things Considered
May 19, 2011
“I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives,’ Tayari says.” Read more >
USA Today
May 3, 2011
“To see the power of a mentorship at work, just ask young poet Idamaris Perez. A junior at St. Jean Baptiste High School in New York City, Idamaris (“Ida”) didn’t think poetry was for her, growing up. But once she was paired with mentor and professional writer Demetria Irwin, her whole outlook on the craft changed.” Read more >
NY Daily News
May 3, 2011
“After Erika Marte and her sisters left the Dominican Republic to join their father in New York, he wouldn’t let them read or watch anything in Spanish.” Read more >
Wall Street Journal
January 7, 2011
“Writing can be exhausting, frustrating and emotionally draining. But in the correct setting, it can also be empowering. [GWN Board Member] Kamy Wicoff, founder of the online writing community SheWrites.com and co-founder of the New York Salon of Women Writers, has devoted her professional life to providing women writers with a supportive space to discuss their ideas, advice on improving their work and even tools for publishing the final product. Personally, she’s devoted to the same mission…” Read more >
Psychology Today
February 9, 2010
“I began mentoring Kerline, a 16-year-old Haitian girl, a couple of months ago through Girls Write Now, an organization that helps underserved or at-risk teenage girls find their voices through writing. Not long after our initial meeting, the January 12, 2010 earthquake happened…” Read more >
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
April 29, 2009
“Tonight’s story: women helping their younger counterparts finding the voice they were all born with. It all begins with writing, and from there it can lead to much bigger things…” Read more >
The New York Times
April 14, 2008
“On Saturdays during the school year and all week in the summer, PinChang Huang, 16, leaves her home in Queens just after dawn and boards a crowded van bound for a nail salon on Long Island…” Read more >