Aliyah Diffenbach is just 15 years old and has already written more than 20 original songs.
The Warwick Middle School eighth-grader began writing her own songs as a way to cope with the challenges of the past year. As she notes, dealing with loneliness and feeling cut off from the rest of the world is something everyone can understand in these days of COVID-19. For Aliyah, those feelings are more intense than for most of her friends and classmates at Warwick Middle School. She has had to do virtual classes because she cannot risk being in the classroom and any possible exposure to COVID-19.