CosmoTeenz | CosmoActivities

Check out Life in Our Garden: Anthology of Youth– a Mental Health Comic Book created by our CosmoTeenz Fellows. Scroll to access the User guide, learn more, and meet the Team behind the Comic Book.

Check out Life in Our Garden: Anthology of Youth– a Mental Health Comic Book created by our CosmoTeenz Fellows. Scroll to access the User Guide, learn more and meet the Team behind the Comic Book.

Life in our Garden: Anthology of Youth

Comic Book User Guide PDF

Life in our Garden: Anthology of Youth

Comic Book User Guide PDF

What is CosmoTeenz?

Life in Our Garden: Anthology of Youth is a comic book created by 5 young adults, with the help of an illustrator (Sid) and a writer (Trent), made possible with support from the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution.

In 2022, the CMM Institue sought out young Fellows to create the next turn in the CosmoActivities educational series, following the creation of the CosmoKidz and CosmoTweenz Activities. Fatima, Haruka, MableAlexis, Tumelo Victoria, and Johanna were selected as fellows and began asking the question, “What will CosmoTeenz be?”

Ultimately, the CosmoTeenz Fellows decided to create a comic book addressing mental health as an accessible, engaging, and unique way to help teens learn to communicate about mental health. Sid and Trent were enlisted to bring the Fellows’ stories to life.

Now, the CMM Institute, along with the CosmoTeenz Team, is proud to present the finished product of their hard work.

What is

CosmoTeenz?

Life in Our Garden: Anthology of Youth is a comic book created by 5 young adults, with the help of an illustrator (Sid) and a writer (Trent), made possible with support from the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution.

In 2022, the CMM Institue sought out young Fellows to create the next turn in the CosmoActivities educational series, following the creation of the CosmoKidz and CosmoTweenz Activities. Fatima, Haruka, MableAlexis, Tumelo Victoria, and Johanna were selected as fellows and began asking the question, “What will CosmoTeenz be?”

Ultimately, the CosmoTeenz Fellows decided to create a comic book adressing mental health as an accessible, engaging, and unique way to help teens learn to communicate about mental health. Sid and Trent were enlisted to bring the Fellows’ stories to life.

Now, the CMM Institute, along with the CosmoTeenz Team, is proud to present the finished product of their hard work.

Meet the Team

Fatima Razvi is 19 years old and attending university. Fatima is studying psychology, as well as counseling and human services, with the goal of pursuing a career in school counseling. Fatima is one of five CosmoTeenz Fellows who created the above comic book on mental health.

In the Stories Lived. Stories Told. podcast episode, Fatima discusses mental health, the comic book the Fellows created, and what has been challenging and rewarding about this experience.

Podcast Episode with Fatima

Tumelo Victoria Eikaas is one of five CosmoTeenz Fellows who created the above comic book on mental health. She is 19 years old, lives in Norway, and is currently working and taking a gap year after completing her last year of high school.

In her episode of the Stories Lived. Stories Told. podcast, Tumelo Victoria discusses her involvement with CosmoTeenz, CosmoKidz, and CosmoTweenz. Tumelo shares her experience learning to balance her involvement with other time commitments, navigating negative experiences in a “happy” society, and finding new ways of relating to the world and its struggles.

Podcast Episode with Tumelo Victoria

Johanna Bach Dall is one of five CosmoTeenz Fellows who created the above comic book on mental health. She lives in Denmark and is interested in a career in politics.

In her Stories Lived. Stories Told. podcast episode, Johanna explores the desire to make change happen and finding opportunities to do so. Johanna shares the most rewarding (as well as the most challenging) parts of her experience as a CosmoTeenz Fellow. Abbie and Johanna discuss “communication glasses,” imposter syndrome, and feeling welcomed.

Listen to the Podcast with Johanna

Haruka Suwabe is one of five CosmoTeenz Fellows who have created the above comic book on mental health. She is interested in working in the STEM field.

In her episode of the Stories Lived. Stories Told. podcast, Haruka Suwabe discusses becoming a part of the CMM community, using collaboration and imagination, and learning to have conversations about mental health.

Podcast Episode with Haruka

MableAlexis Jackson is one of five CosmoTeenz Fellows who created a comic book on mental health. MableAlexis is 23 years old and lives in Louisiana.

In her Stories Lived. Stories Told. podcast episode, MableAlexis Jackson discussed what it has meant to her to take the opportunity to share her experience with mental health in the hopes that it could help someone else. Also, MableAlexis shares what it was like to see her story come alive in comic book form.

Podcast Episode with MableAlexis

hesitantdoodle (Sidney McLeod) is a non-binary illustrator and comic artist based just outside of Glasgow, Scotland. They collaborated with writer, Trent Seward, to bring to life the stories of the five CosmoTeenz Fellows.

In their Stories Lived. Stories Told. podcast episode, illustrator hesitantdoodle and Abbie discuss art as a means of communication that goes beyond words; the invitation and possibility that the world of comic book illustration offers; and the resilience of art and artists.

Podcast Episode with Sid

Trent Seward is the writer of the CosmoTeenz Comic Book. He collaborated with Sid McLeod to bring to life the stories of the five CosmoTeenz Fellows.

Local to Indianapolis, IN, Trent works in higher education during the day and writes comic books by night. Well, he wrote this comic book at night and is open to working on more! When not working, he enjoys going for walks, cooking and baking, and hanging out with friends.

Trent is proud of the work that has gone into this project and can’t wait to see the world take it in.

Meet the Team