These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity.

Hanna Grover is using poetry to help young people feel less alone. This 17-year-old from Surrey, BC, founded Poet2Poet where, each month, more than 10,000 young people use poetry to exchange their feelings and thoughts about the issues that touch them, including mental health and climate change, every month.

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Young people from more than 70 countries have sent over 300 poems together with their reflections on what they are trying to convey and their reasons for writing. I also hold in-person workshops to help make poetry writing and storytelling more accessible to young people. 

Anyone can submit a poem with their reflection. We have published in English, French, Punjabi, Hindi and Farsi so far. The poems are also shared widely on social media. The site is popular because it gives us a........

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