by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17
Once you are a teenager and you have graduated from high school, you sort of get the feel that you can no longer depend upon your parents entirely. The asking for money question becomes a problem, and the eagerness or need to buy your own things without a job, is...
by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17
I think in my previous posts I have never made clear that I am undocumented student myself. Although I am now protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and possess a social security number, I still do not get all the benefits that a Permanent...
by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17
Hi guys! I hope you all had a nice holiday break and a great start of 2015. I have surely began on the right foot and I hope to keep it going that way. I have exciting news for you! How many of you knew that by taking AP courses in high school and actually passing the...
by Nahomi Velasquez, Boston University, '15
Looking back on freshman year I remember a very nervous, timid, and anxious Nahomi. Coming to such a big school was definitely something I was neither prepared for, nor expected. I think my biggest fear was not finding my own place, or sense of belonging, especially...
by Nahomi Velasquez, Boston University, '15
As a new Resident Assistant, I have now been on both ends of the spectrum: the nervous, anxious and shy freshman moving into a scary new dorm; and the cheerful and peppy RA helping first year students move into their dorms. As a freshman I had many anxieties...