This was my first action as a youth rights advocate way back during my senior year in high school. This was April 21, 1999 (yes, one day after Columbine). Look at my pony tail, ah! I was speaking out against age discrimination at three local businesses in my hometown of Holland, Michigan who had policies limiting the number of students allowed inside at any one time. And yes, I know I shouldn’t have made a comparison to the Holocaust. This is far from my best work, of course, but I was just getting started, don’t hold it against me. In June I graduated high school, in July I joined the National Youth Rights Association, and by October I was elected to NYRA’s board of directors.

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