Para, para, paradise

by Gina Bolanos, University of Rochester, '18

Just a week ago, I landed to a whole new world, that is Madrid, Spain. The travel to get here was an upside down, thrilling rollercoaster ride inside my stomach. Nine hours of direct flight from Texas across the Atlantic Ocean to where I am now still blows my mind....

Being Together

by Padah Vang, Colorado College, '19

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 limited at home, mentors, coworkers, and cousins.  I also had my family.  I tried to budget time between everyone within the...

Radical Balancing

by Steven Shi

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, my first Junior semester in college has reflected my first Junior semester in high school, extremely challenging and...

Do all first generation college students value education and hard work?

by Ysabel Cueva, Stonehill College , '17

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 a junior and I am a senior. It just happens to be that today there was a planning conference going on for sophomores to help them plan the...

Studying Abroad in Rio de Janeiro

by Adriana Gonzalez, Pomona College

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 it starting snowing in Chicago and arrived in a jungle. There’s so much green here. The weather waters my skin every...