"I have gained confidence in my daily life through the reflection of black excellence."

"I've grown to not be ashamed to be loud about my blackness."

"I've learned a lot of lessons l can apply in my life right now as a teenager. One of them is to just keep learning more."

"Future Paths Network has impacted my experience in the most positive ways because it has shown me there is so much more I can discover that is beyond my imagination."

"Nowadays within the media, we don't have any positive depictions of black people, and this leads to furthering negative stereotypes about black people that are often not true. Having events like these breaks those stereotypes and allows for positive representation of black people within our community and outside of it."