Seventeen-year-old Chanel Samuels, a rising senior at The Beacon School, is a small-time city girl with big dreams. She hopes that someday sheâÂÂll become a photojournalist or just a plain-olâ writer for Fader magazine. But until then, this Harlem girl will continue to build up her fair share of life experience.
 A self-proclaimed party girl who insists that parties allow her âÂÂto be with friends in social atmospheres and dance to good music.â Chanel also attempts to balance out her activities. Although dedicated to her partying ways, Chanel is quite the laid-back type of girl at home. Unlike the typical teenager nowadays who spends countless hours watching TV or playing video games, Chanel spends her free time expanding her skills in what she enjoys doing the mostâÂÂwriting. She takes pride in her work and enjoys her English class the most during her days at school. When not in school, she can be found spending time with her beloved family and friends at local parks or even Canada, her favorite place to visit.
   Not only does Chanel enjoy the company of those who are âÂÂfunny, not too loud, but also not too shy,â she enjoys listening to R&B and up-and-coming hip-hop artists.Her most memorable day was meeting Ne-Yo, a well-known R&B singer/songwriter, while he was performing at a club three years ago. Chanel is one of the lucky few to have had the one-in-a-lifetime opportunity of meeting a celebrity