Winnipeg Free Press
Organization dedicated to connecting youth to professionals in the field
Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press
Divya Sharma (left) and Khushee Patel are the co-founders of Law And Witness a program connecting youth interested in law with lawyers, students and professors in the field.
One evening, 16-year-old Divya Sharma found herself participating in a typical high school rite of passage.
One evening, 16-year-old Divya Sharma found herself participating in a typical high school rite of passage.
She gathered with her classmates following an after-school program to talk about their futures where they would go to university, what they would study, and what dreams they might pursue. Divya, a Grade 11 student at Fort Richmond Collegiate in Winnipeg, had just finished a science topics class, an after-hours course where students explore topics such as astronomy or forensic sciences.