Triangle students learn tools to navigate social media with help from former Disney Channel Star Matthew Finley as guest speaker [Video]

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Disani Jackson has already discovered the good and bad that come with social media. She has an Instagram account where she’s seen the bad play out more than the good.

“There’s more views on the bad, than like positive things that go on on social media,” Jackson said.

She spent three days this week with 12 to 16-year-olds from Durham and Orange Counties learning how to safely navigate social media in a way that doesn’t impact her mental health.

It’s a part of a health ambassador program created by the Durham nonprofit Together for Resilient Youth.

“Over these past three days, we’ve been talking about the impact of social media on young people. Some of them have social media. Some of them don’t, ” said Dr. Wanda Boone, the executive director of Together for Resilient Youth. “The impact of peer pressure and how they can be resilient in the face …