The lessons learned here at AYA are immeasurable in value and provided, will stick with us for many years. However, it isn’t just our academic guidance that shaped us through this program but the experience of joining our fellow peers along for this journey. The eclectic yet cohesive cohort of AYA was able to verse …
Category Archives: Week4_2023
Reveries turned reality
Like being stuck in a reverie, but it’s reality On the bus ride back home from the first day of AYA, I had Phoebe Bridgers’ “I Know the End” blaring from my earbuds. Maybe because of my innate tendency to romanticize every little thing in life–preferring to live in reveries rather than reality–but it felt …
Memory
WOW! I can not believe it is the last week of USC Annenberg Youth Academy. Time goes quickly! USC Annenberg Youth Academy has been an incredible journey full of learning, exploration, and growth for me. During these four weeks, I experienced many memorable moments, met a fantastic group of people, and felt the fascination of …
Communication Conundrums: Week 4
Astha Munot All of today, the same question echoed in my mind over and over again: What had I really taken away from AYA? It was a wonder. I had taken away a wonder of this new world of knowledge I had no idea existed. It was a wonder for all of these things, ideas, …
So… maybe I’m a little unoriginal…
Better than the movies.
By Clementine Evans
A Bittersweet Ending
Endings always leave me with a bittersweet taste. As I reflect on my time in this program, I can’t help but feel a mixture of gratitude and sadness. I can’t imagine a life where I never met the people within this program, and at the same time, I can’t imagine moving on from them and …
David Alfaro Siqueiros and Me
The old fire station on Olvera Street– the first station in Los Angeles– caught my eye. I walked in on the day of our first field trip and was surprisingly welcomed by a historian who looked over the memorabilia. We ended up having a conversation for twenty minutes. She was a wealth of knowledge– from …
A Final Fairwell
As my time at the Annenberg Youth Academy comes to an end I find myself reflecting upon all of our projects, guest speakers, and all the people I have met. This past week I worked a lot on my final project for communications class. We decided to create a zine that would focus on alternative …
I loved this program
Adding onto this video, all I can say about this week and program is that I really valued the last times we all had together. Wether it was listening to the guest speakers, working on our projects together or just hanging out. It went by so fast and I could not have imagined a better …
Communicating Change 