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I grew up visiting my mom in prison. Here’s what schools should know about students like me.
In Chalk Beat, Anna Tovchigrechko, 2024 See Us Support Us youth fellow shares her experience growing up with an incarcerated mother and urges schools to create more supportive spaces.
One in 14 children and young teens in the United States have experienced the incarceration of a parent. Drawing on her personal experience, Anna Tovchigrechko shares how her experience of parental incarceration inspired her work to raise awareness about the stigma young people face, advocate for schools to provide resources for them, and create environments of support and understanding.
Read Anna’s op-ed here.