The curtain opens slowly and I stand frozen on stage. My hair is snagged in my bright pink lipstick, yet I do not even flinch. My heart starts racing as the music begins. I slowly turn around, my hot pink skirt flowing around me. As I see the audience, I forget about myself. I am no longer Michelle Guefen. I am the head cheerleader of Dan Quayle Middle School and the most popular girl at school. I lose myself and...

I sit in the executive boardroom at the Jewish Community Center with twenty-five high school actors staring at me, waiting for me to call the Artists Taking Action (ATA) meeting to order. Seeing the eagerness in these teenagers' faces excites me as I announce that the meeting will start. We discuss community service events that we could plan to help spread the arts throughout San Diego. The annual Tony Awards Party will bring in enough money to help sponsor an...

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