East Los High is back! Season 2 premieres TODAY on Hulu and we are so excited. To celebrate, we gave sneak peek copies of the first episode to two members of our Youth Leadership Team and asked them to tell us what they thought. 

Check it out: 

I know some teens think that having unprotected sex is no big deal, because they don’t think STI’s or unplanned pregnancy will happen to them. I understand your thinking process. I was also that kid who believed I’d never catch anything or that gross things like STI’s would  happen to anyone I knew. Then my mother opened the floodgates and taught me everything about sex education and the consequences of having unprotected sex.

So it’s prom and your boyfriend rented a hotel room. Or it’s graduation and you figure you better lose it now before college. If you’re planning on your first time to coinciding with a major life event, here are some things to keep in mind:

Dances in high school are awkward enough on their own. With trying to pull yourself away from the snack table to join everyone else who seems to effortlessly dance so much better than you, pretending being dropped off by your mom doesn’t make you any less cool, and acting like you actually like all the dancey pop hits the DJ blasts that have already been played to death…well…school dances are a struggle.