Humans of the Pepperbox

Seri Welsh is a Senior at Arcata High School. She is co-editor and chief of our school newspaper, The Pepperbox.

By Ian L. from Arcata High School in California

“The thing I am the most passionate about is creating a change in the world that will forever make a positive impact. I don’t know exactly what that will be yet... But I feel like my life feels incomplete without making a change to other people's lives.”

-Seri Welsh

Civic Journalism for Rural Youth is part of the National Writing Project’s family of youth publishing projects, all gathered under the Writing Our Future initiative.

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