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CONTENTS DENTRO
2 From the Founder | 3 Letters to Motivos
CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS:
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4 Poetry: Where I’m From
5 Reconnecting with My Native Roots
LA VIDA:
8 Acts of Advocacy Bring Us Together for Good
10 Fashion and Advocacy: How teens use style to speak out
12 Freedom Through Discovery: Motivos Summer Video Camp
14 Inspiration in Our Community: Meet Gregory Mowle
16 Screenagers and Our Twisted Media Minds
18 Relationships: How to Advocate for Your Needs
19 Joke with a
COLLEGE PREP:
20 Leadership Spotlight: Rutgers University ROTC cadet and first-gen college student finds family, funding, and guidance to navigate his future
22 The Power of Accessible Education: A look behind the scenes of InterAmerican’s new Philadelphia campus
26 Insider Tips for College: Three Ways to Aim for a Debt-Free Degree
27 Dinero for College: Must-have scholarships list and free ebook!
CAREER EXPLORATION:
Advocacy in Action: Could immigration law be the career for you?
Motivos Team Moments:
1. 9.23.22: Motivos participates in the Latin American Book Fair at Love Park, Philadelphia, PA
2. 9.24.22: Motivos gets youth poetry on bus boards in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA, and it’s covered in the Inquirer newspaper
3. 10.1.22: Motivos supports Geoffrey’s Voice suicide prevention event, Philadelphia, PA
4. 10.11.22: Motivos attends opening of InterAmerican University’s new branch campus in Philadelphia, PA
5. 10.11-11.15.22: Motivos Team Talk segment hosts Rutgers, Widener, Temple, and Drexel University ROTC programs
6. 10.25.22: Motivos Team Talk segment hosts Philadelphia Inquirer Community Engagement Editor, Sabrina Iglesias
7. 11.7.22: Motivos team attends Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 83rd annual fall conference in New York, NY
8. 11.8-14.22: Motivos founder presents her signature program, Write Your Way to College and Beyond, at Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School, Revolution School, Frankford High School, First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School, and Kensington High School for over 100 students through the support of the US Army ROTC, Philadelphia, PA
9. 12.6.22: Motivos Team Talk segment hosts the creative producers behind the innovative River Alive! Learning Trail under the auspices of the Tookany Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership
10. 12.17.22: La Casa Latina at the University of Pennsylvania hosts Motivos Team Retreat, Philadelphia, PA
11. 12.17.22: Motivos founder and group of mentees take a fun excursion to Christmas Village, Philadelphia, PA
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VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3
Founder/Publisher
Jenée Alicia Chizick Agüero
Editors/Translators
Michaela Choi, Anna Drake, Ariel Pichersky, Vera Senderowicz Guerra, Agustina Tullio
Graphic Design
Johanna Shane Rogayan, Jenette Sityar
Contributing Writers
Jorge Arturo Agüero, Rockell Bartoli, Jenée Alicia Chizick Agüero, Michaela Choi, Malaya Combs, Giovanna Delima, Xavier Garay, Ramses Montes, Gregory Mowle, Fiorenza Petrozzi, Delaney Sill, Brigitte Zigglih
Artwork/Photography
Yohel Agüero, Jenée Alicia Chizick Agüero, Malaya Combs, Xavier Garay, Gregory Mowle, Courtesy of the US Army, Isaac Rivers
Youth Editorial Team
Malaya Combs (Production Assistant), Ben Figueroa (Mentor), Karyme Font (Media Fellow), Edgerin McArthur, Yandelik Alexandra Navedo, Lizmary Ortiz (Media Fellow), Gianna Rose Padilla (Outreach Assistant), Kylee Padilla, Fiorenza Petrozzi, Steven Ramsey Jr., Trent Randle, Isaac Rivers, Kayla Rosario, Delaney Sill, Anayeli Tapia, Brigitte Zigglih
Cover Photo
Photography by Malaya Combs.
Reconnecting with My Native Roots, p. 5.
Special Thanks
US Army ROTC program for sponsoring Motivos Write Your Way to College and Beyond workshops for Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School, Revolution School, Frankford High School, First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School, and Kensington High School in Philadelphia, PA, and to Philadelphia Youth Media Collaborative for funding Motivos team participation in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 83rd annual fall conference in New York City.
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Welcome to the Advocacy edition!
Advocacy is about standing up for what you believe will improve circumstances. It’s about helping people find, express, and preserve their voice to do so. That is at the very core of why I founded Motivos in 2006, and it is still at the center of our programming and magazine content.
Motivos media mentees curated topics they feel strongly about to present to you in this edition. Malaya advocates for intentionally connecting to our cultural roots (p. 5), and Delaney (p. 16) offers steps to combat the toxic side of social media. Ramses implores us to seek out green spaces and get involved with a collective as a way to inclusively build community, be good stewards of the natural world, and amplify our creative voices (p.8). Asquith approaches those in power to prioritize student needs in educational settings (p. 22), and Gregory (p. 14) shares how higher education helped him shatter glass ceilings. Inter American University of Puerto Rico (p. 22) steps up efforts to address the shortage of teachers by opening a new branch campus in the heart of Latino North Philadelphia, and Rockell Bartoli, founder of The Scholar Budget, advocates for debt-free degrees by outlining three ways to accomplish just that (p. 26).
We hope by reading this edition, you’ll get pumped up to advocate for what gives you a strong connection to your own and your community’s well-being and advancement.
¡Les
Defensa!
Hablamos de defender lo que crees que mejorará las circunstancias. Se trata de ayudar a los demás a encontrar, expresar y preservar su voz para ello. Esa es la principal razón por la que fundé Motivos en 2006 y sigue siendo el centro de nuestra actividad y del contenido de la revista.
El equipo de Motivos seleccionó temas que quisiera presentarles en esta edición. Malaya defiende la búsqueda de conexión con nuestras raíces culturales (p. 5) y Delaney (p. 16) ofrece pasos para combatir el aspecto tóxico de las redes sociales. Ramses nos ruega que busquemos espacios verdes y nos involucremos con un colectivo para construir comunidad de manera inclusiva, ser buenos defensores de la naturaleza y amplificar nuestras voces creativas (p. 8). Asquith demanda a quienes están en el poder que prioricen las necesidades de los estudiantes (p. 22) y Gregory (p. 14) cuenta cómo lo ayudó la educación superior a romper techos de cristal. La Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico (p. 24) intensifica los esfuerzos para abordar la escasez de docentes al abrir una nueva sede en el corazón latino del norte de Filadelfia, y Rockell Bartoli, fundador de The Scholar Budget, defiende el derecho a graduarse sin deudas mostrando tres maneras de lograrlo (p. 26).
Esperamos que al leer esta edición te animes a defender aquello que te conecta fuertemente con tu bienestar y con el de tu comunidad.
Jenée Chizick Agüero Founder and Publisher, Motivos magazine
