"The program will help me build upon my idea through multiple experiments. I am excited to test out my idea and I am hoping that it will bring more clarity, opportunities, and collaborations with other artists who are thinking similarly and out of the box as me."
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In an amazing feature on CanvasRebel, you can find one of our Winter '23 Cohort Builders, @amnoni, embodying that mindset as they start their journey toward building a gender-inclusive brand in our Idea Accelerator program through @HeartlandFwd.
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Whether we realize it or not, we are all gifted. We are all the prize. You are the prize, and I invite you all to embrace all the parts of you, that makes you, you. Did a certain lesson in You Are The Prize stand out to you?
Here’s what one reader shared about their experience. “WOW, what an amazing, powerful, inspiring story Amnoni shared! I could not put this book down! I read the book from start to finish.
Growing up in foster care there is little to no planning as a young person transitions out of care. That was my story along with so many others. What I realized is that I did not know a life beyond the age of 18 because i didn’t think I would survive at 21.
I wrote and published my first memoir You are The Prize in honor of my life, my late sister’s life and all those who’ve survived and didn’t survive the foster care system. If you want to learn more about my story you can find it below
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I never thought I would live past the age of 21 so iv’e gone through life passively planning. I’m standing on the diving board as my knees shake wondering if I’m between life and death, while also wagering between loss and opportunity. #survivor#trauma#fostercare#healing
I just came to realization. As a kid I grew up in special education and had an aide by my side and now as a full grown adult I’m sitting here trying to figure out why I need someone by my side to do work? In so many ways I feel like the special education system set me up to fail.