Being Together
Coming back home for Winter Break, I wanted to catch up with everyone: friends coming back home from college, a marine friend whose time was…
Radical Balancing
Man has it been a while since my last post (like an entire semester). I can't believe I'm still a functioning human being. Oddly enough,…
Do all first generation college students value education and hard work?
Today as I was walking on campus I came across one of my friends who is also a first generation college student. My friend is…
Studying Abroad in Rio de Janeiro
This spring semester I won't be in California for school. Instead, I'll be studying in Rio de Janeiro. I boarded my plane a day after…
Plan Your Summers and Other Aspirations in Advance
It’s funny how you need to start planning your next summer from one year in advance. High school used to be different, at least for…
The Phenomenon of Scromping
Scromp (v) – succumbing oneself to the act of devouring I know, I know. Scromp isn’t actually a real word. But growing up, my friends…
Work Hard, Play Hard
Happy New Year everyone! It's that time of the year again where life takes a whole new fresh start. Well at least, we want it…
Leadership Development Programs
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that everyone’s year is off to a great start and we are all getting ready for the new semester…
The Last Semester
School is about to start again and getting back into the mindset of school is always hard, especially this semester because it is my last…
Necessary Courses Out the Way!!!
Hello, guys! Happy New Year! I hope that this year is full of blessings for each and every one of you reading this blog. As…
Get ready for the travel!
This time around, college students are 90{53c6eff5ce19621f7316832cfedf08caab022021f1679c62c3f44b8900ceaf72} of the airport population! I'm sitting in the airport at this moment (Denver!) and looking around at the…
The Lowdown on Finals
Reed during finals week becomes a raw, ugly version of itself- a version we all dreaded would appear after it waited simmering silently for a…
The Beauty of CS
Perhaps the most inspiring aspect of computer science for myself is its versatility and accessibility. Whereas other fields require an extensive array of complex machinery…
One More Semester, with Feeling
It’s been three semesters and I still don’t know how to “do college” right. I attended an amazing summer program that prepares inner-city students for…
Post-Obama College: Being a Student of Color in the Wake of Trump's Election
Three hours. Three hours, at most, was how long I napped before I checked the election results on November 8th. Throughout the day I had…
New Year, New Semester
2017 has finally arrived. It's hard to believe, time seems to be flying by so quickly (during the semester, however, it seems to drag on…
Goal setting for a new year
Happy New Year Friends! Feels great to have a break to be able to re energize for a new semester and a new year. I…
Chin up, Buttercups!
New Year’s Day has come and gone, and I am getting ready to enter my last semester of college. I’m graduating in May. There, I…
Thanks to you
It's been two years thus far. It's now my third, and couldn't be more blessed to be in this position. Only one year left to…
Happy New Year
Break is over and I am back in school! I can't say that I really need to get back into the school mode because I…