Almost, almost ... life is full of “almosts.” When I moved to Beijing for a year at the age of five, I almost forgot all my English. When I moved to Singapore the summer before high school, the culture shock almost made me beg my parents: please, let me return to Canada! I almost missed the bus this morning, I almost failed physics freshman year, and I almost finished reading a book last night. Almost, almost, almost. My younger sister faces ...

I am a Model United Nations enthusiast. During my junior year, I joined the school’s MUN club executive, despite my novice status and the club being in its first year of operation. I represented Japan at my first national MUN conference in a committee that was discussing disaster aid, and that was when I first discovered my passion for human rights. Feeling inspired, an ambition also emerged to plan and host my school’s first MUN conference. And after...