This entire experience, but especially working on my final project, can only be described as a roller coaster. Things with my final have gone from super exciting to emotionally draining to hopeful to uncertain and all the way back again. There have been days that I’ve started out thinking I would have to change my topic that have ended in me smiling ear to ear planning the next day’s work. There have also been days where things have finally started to come together that end in me stressing out about what direction to go in.
At this point, my story is going to focus on Semra and her sisters. Semra is a girl from a Bosnian family living in Fushe Kosova. She and one of her sisters, Elsa, participate in the Girls’ Club program at the Ideas Partnership, in addition to attending public school. Her youngest sister, Xhevahire, is going to start school this year so Semra and Elsa are helping her prepare. I found this relationship to be really interesting and after speaking with Meredith, decided to focus the story on that.