Writer, Toothpaste (2004 South Texas Contest Winner)

"We made our film because we want young people to make better decisions [about sexual health] and be sure about what they are doing... You need to know the consequences — you need to have the information."

- Toothpaste writers

The four writers of Toothpaste are from Mission, Texas a town with a population of 46,000 that sits just a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The girls wrote their story for a group project during their senior year of high school. They spent months turning their story into a professional script and then helped Ben Younger direct the film over two days during the summer after their graduation.

Amanda Ramirez was a senior at Mission High School in Mission, Texas when she and two of her former classmates won the Scenarios USA contest for their film Toothpaste. Their film has reached many teenagers all over the nation leaving an impact for both the audience and the writers. As a result of Amanda's hard work, she is now attending South Texas College where she majors in Public Health.

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