Recently, I had the opportunity to look at photographs for Picturing Health: Photographs by Youth Across Southern & Central California, a documentary project of Venice Arts, funded by the California Endowment. This is part 3 of a 3 part series. 

Recently, I had the opportunity to look at photographs for Picturing Health: Photographs by Youth Across Southern & Central California, a documentary project of Venice Arts, funded by the California Endowment. This is part 1 of a 3 part series.

There are a ton of television shows out there talking about teen moms, and at the recent Sex::Tech conference in San Francisco I had an important realization: being on the show is their job! I totally admire them for being brave enough to show their hardships and challenges on the show, but in reality, I have no idea what their backstory is, how much and if they get paid, and how much of the show is real. So we did a little mini-version of 16 and Pregnant, by interviewing an AMAZING teen mom down in San Diego. Check it out on our Youtube channel!

If you haven't seen an episode of MTV's show about teen pregnancy, you still have a chance. New episodes of "16 and Pregnant" airs on MTV every Thursday night at 10/9c. Here is one teen's thoughts on MTV's show "16 and Pregnant."