Thank you for tuning in! We are Teens With A Purpose, a non profit organization located in Norfolk, VA dedicated to creatively cultivating the next generation of leaders! We work with middle school and high school aged teens, using the arts as a catalyst for change. We engage our teens through art so that not only can they empower themselves but each other as they go on to make a difference in their communities and the world around them. Part of that engagement is an opportunity to do a 30 minute radio show on a local gospel station. We want to be able to post those episodes for posterity. This is the first of many to come. 

As we are currently in the midst of our poetry/performance season entitled ImmortALL: Let Your Words Live Forever, we are conducting a series of interviews with past Teens With A Purpose and Hampton Roads Youth Poets alumni, as well as TWP coaches, teaching artists, and staff. This first interview in our series finds us sitting down with Michelle Sims, our Marketing Director about her TWP experience and the ins and outs of putting together a poetry festival from behind the scenes!

*Episode originally aired on April 10th on WPCE 1400 AM.