Helena Albert's youthful energy and petite frame are the easily
identifiable hallmarks of a typical 14-year-old girl.  But one
conversation with the Dunmore teen hints at an old soul hiding
behind the pretty face that is all long lashes and endless
mounds of curly, dark blonde hair.  Helena is like most well-
rounded kids. She's an active freshman at Scranton Preparatory
School, where she is involved with chorale, chorus, the Prep
Players, SPETA Club, Mock Trial and Ski Club.  But in her free
time, she uses her voice and talent as a songwriter to empower
others who, like her, have faced the pressures of bullying, the
effects of depression, the temptations of alcohol and smoking,
or the looming dark shadows of suicide and self-harm.  Helena
recently released a music video for her song "Pushed Away,"
which she co-wrote with her vocal teacher Susan Collins of the
Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York. The idea
for the tune came from journals Helena kept while she endured
relentless bullying from her