On obsessions

When I was 16, I was obsessed with many things. There was a navy blue throw pillow that I hugged every single night and I swear it made sleep 10x better. Though it was more than three years old and very smelly, I couldn’t get myself to give it up. My mom threw...

Spring Break, Finding Myself.

… It was only two weeks ago that I was out on Spring Break. Did I do anything interesting? No. Did I do homework? Some. Did I enjoy myself? I did. It was nice to not have to worry about anything and sleep as long as I could. I got to spend time with my family...

Won't you let it be?

“Now I don’t want you listening to this darn liberal Gerald, you can tell he’s nuts.” she whispered to her son sitting two seats from me. I struggled to hide my chuckling as the lady beside me continued to criticize Alec Baldwin’s speech. I can’t really blame...

CSO Blog: What it means to me

Nahomi Velasquez does a heartfelt video blog about what CSO and winning the Opportunity Scholarship means to her.