By Tara McPherson

Tara McPherson is Chair of Critical Studies in the School of Cinema-TV at USC, and editor of the multimedia journal Vectors (www.vectorsjournal.org).

We all carry maps in our heads, powerfully processed networks of the places we inhabit and the spaces that matter. In these mental maps, memories overwrite physical reality, merging the world around us with powerful emotions. The students of the Los Angeles Leadership Academy have turned their own mental geographies into vibrant digital documents. Here, they invite you to enter their worlds and share their spaces.

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