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  • caption: Estefania Chirino Perez speaking about her story at the RadioActive Fall 2013 Listening Party.

    Alone And Pregnant In A Foreign Country

    Being a mother isn't easy, and it's even harder when you're both single and an immigrant. But that didn't stop Maria Perez. RadioActive youth producer Estefania Chirino Perez tells the story of her mother's struggle, and what kept her from giving up.

  • Maeve, Here In Shorecrest High School's Instrument Storage Room, Plays In A Variety Of Orchestras, From School Orchestra To Youth Symphony To Theatre Pits.

    Deep Dark Secrets Of The (Orchestra) Pit

    Tuning her violin for a performance, Maeve McIver-Sheridan knows that she's preparing for a forgotten and thankless task. "You get to the end of a show and no one acknowledges us," McIver-Sheridan said, "unless my parents are there."

  • caption: Andy Giron is a teacher at Foster High School in Tukwila, Wash.

    Teacher Finds "Deep-Rooted, Soul-Bearing" Joy In His Work

    On the first day of world history class this year at Foster High School, students filed into Andy Giron’s classroom to find someone unexpected: a relatively young teacher compared to the rest of the faculty, playing music, dancing and dropping beats. His inviting smile radiated excitement.

  • caption: Hassan Abdi, Junior, Foster High School

    Welcome KUOW's Fall 2013 RadioActive Youth Producers

    KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer a fall journalism workshop in West Seattle, in partnership with Neighborhood House - High Point, a center for anti-poverty community services. Six students, age 16-19, will spend ten weeks learning what it means to be a journalist. During that time, they will pitch, interview, edit and write their own feature stories for KUOW.org.