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Helping teenage girls in l.a. find their voice and their future. meet karen taylor. >> i blossom with each pen mark. >> i find myself in the words. >> every girl has a story to tell. >> some of our girls are facing some of the greatest challenges teenagers could ever face. pregnancy, incarceration, violence in their family, at school. those girls need a mentor. >> they need to be inspired about their own voice. >> life in the light can be so bright, can be so pure. >> writing and self expression can give them a tool for moving forward. >> say something that nobody else has said before because ...

Voice and change her future through writing. i blossom with each pen mark. >> i found myself in the words. >> every girl has a story to tell. >> some of our girls are facing some of the greatest challenges teenagers are ever facing, pregnancy, incarceration, violence in their family and at school. those girls need a mentor. they need to be inspired about their own voice. >> life in the light can be so bright. nothing can be so pure. >> writing and self-expression can give them a tool for moving forward. >> say something that nobody else has said before, because you have your own way of sayin...

In the los angeles public school system nearly 1 in 5 kids drops out before graduation. but this week's cnn hero is helping teenage girls there with this. a pen. here is karen taylor. >> i blossom with each pen mark. >> i found myself in the words. every girl has a story to tell. >> some of our girls are facing some of the greatest challenges teenagers could ever face. pregnancy, incarceration, violence in their family at their school. those girls need a mentor. they need to be inspired about their own voice. >> life in the light can be so bright. >> writing and self-expression can give them a...