About Us
You Are Seen is a magazine empowering the notion that no one should ever feel alone. We interview and focus each magazine on one issue or person (and their experiences) so that other people can read the magazine and feel like they are not alone. Additionally, we have different articles, in each magazine sometimes having to do with our magazine focus and sometimes just interesting articles that we thought would be important to put in. Some magazines we interview a couple other people (in addition to the main focus) and add one or two pages about them as well. If you do not feel comfortable being the main focus of our magazine but feel like you voice should be heard and your stories should be told, you can submit your story (anonymously or non-anonymously) and we will do our best to put your story on one of our pages. To submit your story, email your story to youareseenmagazine@gmail.com. Every couple of pages we have inspiring art and photos that you can submit by emailing youareseenmagazineart@gmail.com. We hope to hear from you soon! Keep going! You are Beautiful, you are Loved, You are SEEN.
How We Started
You are Seen is a magazine that was created by Isabel and Camilia who were 13 years old at the time it was initially started. The two girls were walking on the beach and they wanted to do something nice. They started by calling fast food restaurants and thanking the workers for working so hard especially being that it was the Sunday of a Holiday Weekend. Eventually they started calling many different locations such as Burger King, Lush Cosmetics, Urban Outfitters, IHOP and so much more. By the end of the day they had ended up calling about 40 different locations. It made some of the workers really happy. After that, they decided that they wanted to do something else that was nice, something bigger, something that could impact many people, after much argument and discussion, You Are Seen was brought into the world on Saturday March 28 2020, the girls has their first interview with Anahita, an Indian-American intersectional feminist who had a lot of really interesting things to talk about. Isabel and Camilia had always been inspired to do good in the world. Both Camilia and Isabel looked up to many people who create positive change in the world such as; Oprah Winfrey, Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama, Meena Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar and so many more strong kind leaders.
Meet the Creators
Isabel S:
Prounouns: She/Her
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Isabel is a 14 year old girl. She loves politics, social justice and music. She is so proud of all of the work that she and her friend have done on You Are Seen.
"I want to thank everybody who supported us from before we even released our website to everybody who reads our magazine and articles now. All of your support means so much" -Isabel
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Camilia Billinghay (Cami):
Prounouns: She/Her
Camilia is a 14 year old girl who has always found joy in helping others. In her free time she enjoys listening to music and playing instruments such and piano, saxophone and clarinet. Cami also loves sailing and waterskiing. She is so happy to have co-created a site that helps others share their stories to make them feel less alone.