The Swan Project

WriteLane by WriteLane

Mar 31, 202325:51Arts

Students at the PACE center for girls come from difficult backgrounds. Some have been homeless, in jail, or are teen moms. Lane DeGregory followed them for months, trying to see whether learning to be “ladies” would chan...

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