by Raquel Diaz, Reed College, '20
Mentor, mentee- I’ve been both, and I honestly couldn’t say from which role I’ve learned the most from. Mentors have been guiding me since high school, and the scholastic trajectory they set me on led me to where I have set root to thrive- college. As a...
by Raquel Diaz, Reed College, '20
It’s the season of packing bags and goodbyes. I simultaneously look forward to being uprooted to a new yet familiar place, that of my college, but also dread the inherent feelings of departure and loneliness one feels as one crosses the airport terminal. Where I am by...
by Raquel Diaz, Reed College, '20
It was almost midnight, and I was starving. The weather seemed to encourage my appetite; I sat next to the window of Portland’s Hotcake House, which unsurprisingly offered a view of rain and darkness. The morose weather outside created such a stark contrast with the...
