Each year New School graduate students travel from NYC to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to work as youth media educators. This is a collection of images focusing on favela kids in Rio.

There is always an array of entertainment going on at the foot of the rock—coco water for sale, acrobats on the beach, musicians playing a little tune, surfers running in and out of the water, bodies seeking attention, bikinis for sale, kissing—lots of kissing, kids excited to conquer the rock, tourists with all sorts of cameras, girls bouncing soccer balls high off of their knees and lifeguards making sure no one got in trouble.