Lakewood native helping middle school girls express themselves

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A group of girls from Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood are getting the opportunity to tell their personal stories by taking powerful photographs that reflect their lives.

The effort is part of the nonprofit True Beauty Discovery, which aims to reframe the way girls and women think and talk about beauty with frank conversations and profiles meant to inspire and empower.

For more than a month, a half-dozen middle school girls have been taking photographs that will be on display for a special exhibition appearing Saturday (Nov. 22) at 78th Street Studios in Cleveland.

“True Beauty Discovery supports girls -- inspiring them and empowering them to understand that it’s their individuality that makes them beautiful and powerful and capable,” True Beauty Discovery fou