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Homeless youth overcome with emotion after seeing photos of themselves on exhibit at MCA Denver

“Unheard Resilience” exhibit, featuring teens and young adults from Urban Peak youth shelter, runs through Feb. 18

Simmy Kifletsion, 19, joins other homeless youth from Urban Peak Shelter as they get the first chance to see themselves in a photo project exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver on Dec. 18, 2023 in Denver. The exhibit will run through Feb. 18, 2024. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
Simmy Kifletsion, 19, joins other homeless youth from Urban Peak Shelter as they get the first chance to see themselves in a photo project exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver on Dec. 18, 2023 in Denver. The exhibit will run through Feb. 18, 2024. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
By | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Simmy Kifletsion stared up at a portrait of herself hanging in the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. The 19-year-old's knees came close to buckling as she clapped a hand over her mouth, eyes brimming with tears.
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