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Max Barnhart

What these teen girls do — and don't — have time for might surprise and inspire you

From left to right: Alice Paredes, Sriya Chippalthurty, Liliana Talino and Natalia Perez Morales are Girl Up "teen advisers" who give up their hobbies to help disadvantaged girls and women in their communities. (Girl Up)

Alice Paredes loves to dance but she doesn't have time for it anymore. Even though the 17-year-old from Lima, Peru, was a 4-time national champion in marinera, a traditional folk dance, she's got other priorities on her mind.

"Like saving the world, for instance," she says.

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