Amira was born and raised in Southeast DC. She was a senior and Class Vice President when she wrote Our Lives Matter, is very active in several sports at her school, and working hard to get her high school diploma. She was headed to University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Fall 2015. She wants to major in psychology and become a psychologist. She wants to help people cope with their problems. She wants to help them become better people.

BOOKS BY AMIRA

Our Lives Matter

2015 INDIEFAB Finalist: YA Nonfiction Book of the Year

2015 INDIEFAB Finalist: Child Author Book of the Year

Proceeds from book sales go to a Ballou HS scholarship fund and to empower new authors.

Through the course of a historic year of civil unrest and the emergence of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, thirty teen writers from Frank W. Ballou High School in Washington, DC came together to take part in this national conversation about race, inequality, violence, and justice. Through their powerful, personal stories these writers intend to Change the Narrative about youth of color. We are not thugs, they say. We are not victims. We are big sisters and sports stars, academic strivers and everyday heroes. We speak out for justice. We dream big dreams. These writers want more for themselves, more for their community, more for their generation. And they are challenging their readers to listen, and to recognize in each story a common humanity worthy of dignity, support, and respect. This riot of voices must be heard.

ISBN: 978-0692455388
Age: 12+
Lexile: 820L
Page Count: 88
Published: 2015