The Kids are Alright: A Conversation with Yuriah Hughes

Hey Village! This week, I am chatting with my little cousin, 13 year old Yuriah Hughes. We chat about what it is like being a teenager these days, why she believes they get a bad rap, and what she wants adults to know. She also weighs in on who is the cooler adult, me or her mom and who makes the best fried chicken, me or her mom :). 

Yuriah is 13 years old and she just started the 8th grade. She is the middle child and only girl with two brothers. She was adopted at 1 month old and has a loving mother, who is awesome and a dad that works away a lot. Yuriah would describe herself as colorful, unusually kind and a girl that marches to her own beat. She loves getting to know people and striking up a conversation with just about anyone from a 3 year old at the playground to an 80 year old in the line at the pharmacy. 

She enjoys writing about her life and experiences as a teenager and reading young adult books. She is greatly into rainbows and unicorns. Her favorite food is fried chicken, she plays soccer competitively and she listens to a
lot of pop music. Her favorite artist currently is Selena Gomez. Yuriah loves music that touches the heart. She is passionate about her education and she takes pride in being genuinely kind and caring because she believes that we could use more of it in the world. She aspires to continue to be who she is, to know who she is, and to be proud of who she is. One day she hopes to be a child therapist, a teacher, and maybe even a singer.

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