This blog post was submitted as an entry in the Teen Impact contest and awarded as a finalist.
Worlds apart, but far too close to ignore their struggles, I live nestled between unforgivingly-impoverished sections of Philadelphia and Trenton. So close yet so far, sheltered in my "oasis" where affluence wafts...
Posted January 26, 2012 | 01/26/12 09:37 AM ET