By Saniyah, DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | Ms. Westfield, DePaul’s guidance counselor, shows kindness in many ways. Ms. Westfield helps eighth graders with their high school applications and financial aid forms. She gives them resources, ideas, and support. She isn’t only doing it because it’s her job. She’s doing it because she wants her students to be wanted and supported.

—Saniyah was in eighth grade during the 2023–24 school year.

Illustration by Maria, eighth grade, Catholic Partnership Schools, 2023–24.