#xthedivide

We’re producing a short documentary about Crossing the Divide. This short film, a co-production of GroundTruth and WGBH, will capture the three-month, cross-country journey of our reporting team as we explored issues that divide us and stories that can unite us. The documentary will be released early next year. 

Jennilease Gomez, 17, a student at High School of Commerce, spends her Saturday morning working 30 minutes away from her home at a Dunkin Donuts. Gomez said she felt compelled to get a job to help support her younger siblings ages 7 and 11. This year she bought their school clothes.

Destiny Montez, 17, with her girlfriend Jenny, both students at the High School of Commerce, following a day of hanging out at the dog park in a neighboring town. http://ift.tt/2eO2fUV

@mcposey is in Springfield, Massachusetts today interviewing one of our story subjects, Destiny, on her feelings about High School of Commerce and what it was like to come out to her mother.