Grade: 9

Bio: Amara likes to make earrings, and to exercise at a healthy rate. She is the ICC representative of the Indigenous Peoples Club, she is in SGA, PAWS, Current Events Club, Science Research, and in Pre-Med Society.

What is your main source of inspiration?

I know this is not the same for everybody, but my main inspiration was social media. I follow a lot of accounts that help bring light to certain issues in the world, like the different injustices that people face. I realized that many of these problems we caused just because people automatically judge others, and never take the time to learn about each individual person for who they are.

What was the most difficult part of your writing process for this work?

The most difficult part of my writing process was finding out a way that the whole peace would flow. I would write different parts of it on different days, and then read through what I’ve written so far, and then realize that the rhythm was kind of off, or the ideas did not flow in general.

What message do you hope to convey to the reader through your piece?

I hope that when somebody reads my piece, it will open their eyes, and kind of act like a mirror to them, and help them ask themselves, “Do I constantly use only my ears and eyes to determine how I am going to act towards a person? How I am going to treat them?” I hope it helps them to become a better person that fights for what is right, and does not let the very quick judgement they make of people, determine what they say or do to them.