Youth Life!







Algo Inesperado:
Teen Moms Tell Their Story
by Fabiola Cardenas

An Interview with The Bay Area’s
Hot New Hip Hop Talent
by Barbara Sanchez

Another Boring Weekend:
Dealing with overprotective parents
by Rosío Sánchez, Alejandra Nolasco

Blah Blah Blah!
Teachers Who Don’t Help Their Students
by Anonymous

Bling! Bling!
High School Students Face a Battle Between Paid Work, School Work
by Juan Gallegos, Christian Placencia

Blowing Away the Myth by Juan Ruiz, David Ortiz, Cesar Froylán

Calling All Virgins!
Doing the Dirrrty Deed
by Katia Protsenko

Cracked Up:
Crack Cocaine is Still in High Schools
by Peter Castillo

Crazy...weird...or crying for help:
Cutting for Control
by Mayra Cervantes, Alvaro Martinez

Día de los Muertos in Michoacán by Martín J. Rodríguez

E.C.:
When Time is Running Out
by Cynthia Pérez

Eating Out
Avoiding a Super-Sized Belly
by Cynthia Pérez

Evading Existence by Cynthia Vega-Sánchez

Gangster Rap
The Road to Oblivion
by Anonymous

Get a Job by Cynthia Pérez

Hate it or Love it
The Vegetable Dilemma
by Adrian Ponce

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
The truth about friends with benefits.
by Anonymous

Homeless Teens:
Nowhere To Turn
by Vanessa Carter

I Was a Teenage Gangster by Anonymous

In Loving Memory by Alejandra Nolasco

It could happen to you:
Student loses friend to drunk driving
by Justin Quiroz

Keeping youth out of Juvie by Maria Orozco

Know Your Rights: AB537 Protects
LGBQT Youth from Discrimination
by Cynthia Pérez

Love vs. Capricho by Alejandra Nolasco

Love, Jealousy, or Control? by Alejandra Nolasco

Me, Myself & Mary Jane
How I Lost a Friend’s Trust
by Anonymous

Meth = Death by Cesar Froylán

Music Makes You Lose Control! by David Ortiz

My Mother Aint No Mama by Your Next Door Neighbor

Night Life:
Teens Who Sneak Out of the House
by Rosío Sánchez, Delfina Sánchez, Cythia Sánchez

No More ‘Eat Your Veggies’ from Mom by Cesar Froylán

No thanks. I’m full. by Cynthia Pérez

Pain, Blood, Hurt….Love?
The truth about abusive relationships
by Shoutout Staff

Palabras que duelen
Words that Hurt….
by Vanessa Soma

Robo-Tripping by Cesar Froyland

Sex and Safety:
A Good Mix
by Christina Bustamante

Sex and Sexuality Quiz by Shoutout Staff

Should They Know?
Do Teens Have Privacy When it comes to Abortion?
by Maria Orozco

Smoking equals CHOKING by Justin Quiroz

Summer School Blues by Maria Orozco

Teens protest execution of
Stanley “Tookie” Williams
by Juan Ruiz

Teenworks is Teamwork
A report from the annual teenworks conference
by Serafin Villanueva, Christina Bustamante

The 411 on Sex Education by Cynthia Pérez

The Great Escape... by Shoutout Staff

The Morning After by Whitney Richards

The Myth of Healthy Fast food by Justin Quiroz

The Privilege of Walking by Magali Aguado, Fabiola Cardenas

The Silent Killer by Adrian Ponce-Rojas

Under Pressure:
family life, friends and clubs make school difficult
by Serafin Villanueva

Wanna be healthy? Exercise! by Vanessa Carter

What is E.C.?
Let’s see
by Christina Bustamante

When rules no longer matter by Anonymous

“Have you done it?” by Liz P.