The following series of portraits depict our 2024-25 Legal Empowerment Fellows in conversation about the importance of understanding the law.
As an in-class exercise, photographer Henry McGowan asked the Fellows to write their responses to the prompt in marker on the printed photographs.
IN THEIR WORDS
Abigail Yang, Junior at Stuyvesant HS
Adamaris Alvarez, Senior at Ossining HS
Adeline Sauberli, Senior at Stuyvesant HS
Aibrys Caminero, Senior at Bronx HS for Law & Community Service
Beryanny Marmolejos-Feliz, Senior
Daniella Nkunga, Junior at Stuyvesant HS
Edward "Junior" Castillo, Senior at Bronx HS for Law & Community Service
Dhunal Rhaman, Junior at Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice
Gabrielle Abraham, Senior at Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice
Hakimah Malam, Junior at Fiorello Laguardia HS
Marcely Rojas, Junior at Beacon HS
Meilissa "Misa" Lin, Senior at Brooklyn Technical HS
Redwana Ahmed, Senior at Robert F. Wagner Secondary School for Arts & Technology
Sepun Samia, Senior at Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics
Vick Volovnyk, Junior at Hunter College HS
Zion Bryan, Senior at York Early College Academy