With all of those accomplishments while being a straight ‘A’ student, I was still fragile and naive just like most teenagers. Scarily, my true nature nearly flipped during the COVID-19 pandemic and era of social isolation. My favorite subject at the time being TV Broadcasting.

Online, on YouTube, is where my music video is posted as well as many of my performances. I graduated from my middle school in eighth grade with the only Principal’s Leadership Award as well as my first officially released single MV. When I do get free time, I enjoy performing, singing, dancing, playing instruments, writing, and studying foreign languages (currently, I speak around 7-8). As a student taking eight classes during the regular fall to summer session school year (over half of which are college classes), finding spare time often proves to be difficult. I am a happy dual enrolled student who is in her sophomore year and located in the Central Florida area. Let’s continue to validate the voice of youth around us, as they have so much to contribute and their suggestions for improvement are usually right on-point! Here we go: Hi! My name is Amelia. I thought our readers could learn a lot from her insights, and so I asked her to provide this year’s Teen’s View on Social Media.

I met Amelia when speaking at a high school in Central Florida, and was struck by her wide-angle view on the impact of social media in her life, and in the lives of her peers. Facebook instagram snapchat social media teens twitch youtube

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