 Empowering girls through their own stories. The Girls of a Feather organization recently wrapped up a three-week Storytel Her boot camp for creative adolescent girls. The closing ceremony for the Girls of a Feather Storytel Her boot camp was a showcase of talent displayed by participants of the three-week activity. The boot camp was a series of free, virtual and in-person workshops introducing fundamentals of journalism, creative writing, art and filmmaking for adolescent girls who have a passion for storytelling. I just want to say a big thank you to Girls of a Feather for inviting me to be a part of this wonderful initiative for young women and girls. As someone who is passionate about having more women storytellers and filmmakers in the region, it was something that I was happy to be involved in. Society, where dreams are made and always come true. Where brothers are always the brother's keeper and sisters are always their sister's keeper. Where children believe in superheroes. Society, where all exist and all people love, care, share and live together. Welcome to society. Facilitator for the journalism workshop, communications professional Karmie Joseph spoke on her experience working with the girls. While we went through the fundamentals, the principles of it, I wanted them to write a press release about themselves. If you had to describe yourself, if you had to talk about who you are, what you hope to be, how would you do that? And that is what the press release piece was about. But for journalism, the girls went really ambitious. They wanted to tell a story about women who are successful in male-dominated careers or male-dominated professions. Cultural activist June Frederick was the guest speaker at the close. She encouraged the girls to make use of their distinctive identity in their creative processes. I want to challenge you to learn all there is to learn about your country, its history, traditions, culture. And as an artist, to continue to hone your craft and learn lessons that life throws at you every day. I challenge you to dare to be original. Don't copy anyone's work, culture or traditions. Your original ideas, your own culture and traditions are so much more satisfying and beautiful. The Storytel Herboot Camp is the latest undertaking of Girls of a Feather, a mentorship and advocacy group for adolescent girls in St. Lucia.