New Year, New Me

Hola!  I am back to write another blog which will be about my new year resolutions. Can’t believe that we are in 2025. With this new year, I thought it would be fun to share my upcoming goals and aspirations.  The first one is about looking after my mental...

Taking Up Space: Being Black and First-Gen at a PWI

It’s Black History Month, and while the campus flyers are out and the panel invites are rolling in, the truth of the matter is this: I carry this identity every single day, not just in February. Being Black, first-gen, genderqueer (and so many more intersecting...

From Rest to Reset: Transitioning From Winter Break to the New Semester

The three week long luxury of sleeping in comes to an end in mid-January as we return back to school from a well-deserved break. In high school, I remember classes being continuous from fall into spring semester, and winter break was a balance between spending time...