Consider a major expertise you’ve gotten confronted and its influence on you: Ramsay Corridor, in London, England, was flanked by hospitals. I grew to become used to the screeching sirens. On Thursday, July 7, 2005, I didn’t discover it uncommon to listen to so many. It wasn’t till that evening when the town was silent […]
Diversity is living in Chinatown and having dim sum with my Chinese speaking parents every Sunday morning. Diversity is going to school and having Korean, Bengali and half Dominican and Polish friends. Diversity is eating Halal food from street stands, dining in fancy Italian restaurants and simultaneously enjoying a McDonald’s cheeseburger. But diversity extends far […]
“I love you so much Kerry, how did I get so lucky to have a cousin like you?” The day my cousin Laura said this to me I was reaffirmed at how much this statement is true, yet in regards to her. Laura is beautiful, carefree, excited, and has a disability. In 1968 a healthy […]
Through the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly my friend Dante has been my succor. He has offered me solace and guidance through my years in high school and always gave me the encouragement I needed to reach my goals. Before going any further, I feel obligated to mention that Dante is not […]
“Seriously, Mom, I’m fine.” On a chilly March evening outside the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., my mother insistently nagged me to wear a sweater. Looking at everyone else in line for the concert, there was no way I was putting that thing on. I was sixteen years old, and if I chose to stand […]
Women populate our military, entertainment industry, blue-collar factory floors, boutiques, salons, and just about every other professional role in American culture. There are powerful female politicians, rock stars, and athletes. Look just about anywhere and one can easily find women filling nearly every position that modern society has to offer. Examine the same landscape from […]
Life can be like a childhood car ride on a rainy Sunday afternoon in March or April, where you don’t have any real concept of where your parents are taking you, and, while you’re bored, you’d rather keep riding than arrive and have to deal with the realities of the destination. In that case, I’m […]
Coming from an isolated world in a small city I know as Salt Lake City, Utah I needed a new experience. I needed to experience something that would give me hope, something inspiring, something that would challenge me and force me out of my comfort zone. I found this something special. Little did I know, […]
300 steps later, I’d finally arrived at the top. I began to hate the thick, baggy khakis and was having trouble adjusting to the constant itch of the lanyard around my neck. I hardly noticed the sun beating down on me as I heard the splash of water and children screaming, echoing off the massive […]
Final summer season in Cancun, I used to be bored so I satisfied my household that we should always go to Tulum. Tulum with its lovely days and tropical climate all yr spherical, the place the solar is sort of all the time out, the place the ocean is turquoise blue, and the place the […]