Since its inception, it has been an accessible and popular program within the community, bringing together mostly young women from lower-socio economic backgrounds that face issues of social isolation and disadvantage, which have previously restricted them from using these essential services.

Often, guest artists will attend to lead workshops that expose the women to different artistic techniques and cultural experiences.

Well, I feel like I am from that area of the culture of women where some many women are silent.

And these two women alone, I took them to Rutgers a few years back, and we were all a part of a seminar called Performing Communities. They make up the core of the company along with women from the community. And then there's a lot of them that's not with me anymore but they're not in jail, and they would give me that respect when we meet. And they have hard time, because they want to pretend it didn't happen. But when they see me, they speak to me. They introduce their children to me, their men to me. And so, yeah, there are stories out there. And my own life, you know, I mean, if it had not been for theater and a large part for the "Medea Project," I would be no more than a bad memory or a sister with a very bad attitude.

“What started as a way to share files is now way more about the social experience.”

Ljung says SoundCloud functions less like MySpace in its heyday and more like a Flickr or YouTube for sound.