Aimée Brown-Borges

Aimée Brown-Borges is a rising senior at Wellesley High School. She has served as an editor on the jGirls+ Editorial Board since September 2023, and is now the Teen Coordinator for the collaboration between jGirls+ and Jewish&. She is a writer who strongly values social justice, especially regarding issues of racial equality, feminism, Jewish identity, LGBTQ+ rights, and intersectionality. Previously she has helped plan Outright Vermont's Queer Youth Summit, hosting students from across the state, and more recently has begun participating in her school’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council to work on improving conditions for minority students in her school district. JGirls+ is a WRJ YES Fund grantee. 

The Value of Diversity for Jewish Youth

Aimée Brown-Borges

For Jewish teens of Color, navigating Judaism and racial identity can be a complex and isolating experience. Growing up as a Jewish person of Color, I have often felt like an outsider in Jewish spaces, surrounded by individuals who shared a fundamental aspect