

Caleb Mercado is finishing up his junior year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. For this piece of artwork, he wanted to highlight the struggles of individuality against “robotization” and conformism within modern society.


Caleb Mercado is finishing up his junior year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. For this piece of artwork, he wanted to highlight the struggles of individuality against “robotization” and conformism within modern society.
the atala is designed, curated, & edited by the Pines Charter Chapter of the National English Honor Society. It showcases original student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and art. Like its namesake — the small, bright butterfly that grew from near extinction to rising numbers in our part of the world — this little literary journal aims to grow our love of writing and expand our community’s appreciation for the literary arts. View more posts