Lisa Ling once said, "There is so much grey to every story-nothing is so black and white." It's not like some stories aren't worth telling, it's just, should they be told at all? Is it anyone's business? Is it so tragic or full of depth that it becomes good writing? How do you get to know me, by just reading a limited amount of words about everything that made me who I am? How do you figure out who I...

As a junior, when I decided to become full IB, my counselor advised me not to, not only because it was the middle of the first marking period, but also because I wouldn't be able to catch up. Wanting to prove her wrong, I made my mom come in and back me up knowing I could take the work, feeling that becoming full IB would be essential towards my goals for college. Coming in late to the IB program caused...

Recently, my mom told me a story about how I used to be when I was younger. When I was about 3 or 4, I had this profound obsession with huge 500 piece puzzles, especially Winnie the Pooh ones. When many of my mom's and grandma's friends would come over and tell me that I was too young to be able to work on these puzzles (seeing that there was an age minimum on them) I became infuriated. Immediately I would choose to...

CMLIT143 has to be one of the best classes I've ever taken. This is a Human Rights...

My passion and determination...

Balanced, Unrivaled,...