Music is something that has been connected with me since my childhood. Since I was a kid, I was surrounded with music and gradually it became one of my hobbies. Something that I love to do to cheer up my…

“Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer,” Lady Gaga once said. It has the potential to unify us regardless of our race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, or gender.” While I don’t relate to the…

Growing up on Staten Island, I felt as if I was living in a bubble, isolated from the diverse ethnicities and cultures, such as Hip-Hop culture, which was only a ferry ride away. However, this bubble enabled me to appreciate…

While growing up there was always Spanish music surrounding me and it’s now embedded in my veins. Spanish music would be present in parties, cleaning time, relaxing time, etc. music is part of my life and I believe if I…

All throughout high school I was very set on my possible career choice, universities, and potential programs. Knowing all of this set me apart from other students in my class. I was looked at by teachers as someone who had…

Kicking the schemes of Quan Chi, sucker-punching Madara Uchiha, and headbutting Materrazzi.  Leashing the light energy on a moshpit at the end of the night.  Letting the body be loose like footloose, Showing the other side of the coin, And…

As a queer, Muslim, South-Asian woman, I identify with communities that have not historically intersected. Because homosexuality is considered a sin by Islamic theology, the conservative Muslim community I grew up in rejects the idea of a religious queer person…

In the early childhood stages and beyond, we are often asked about our future and what we want to be when we grow up. The reality is, nobody knows until we get there because, from a young age, we are…

My life these days feels like an unfinished quilt, stacks of samplers and swatches set aside by its maker without ever being picked up again, probably accidentally but perhaps as a conscious abandonment, a hopeless decision to move on to…

I yearn to reach, soar, and stride in the shadowed depths where dreams reside. But tangled paths and thorny schemes Make it seem like distant, fleeting dreams. The mountain’s peak, a distant star, A vision gleaming from afar. I strive…

Let’s be honest with ourselves here, we’ve all been up around 3am thinking about goodness knows what, but a common thought I have no doubt we’ve all had at one time or another is where we’re headed. The future is…

When people ask me what I’m going to do with my dental hygiene degree, I can’t help but smile (pun fully intended!) because my journey to this point has been quite unexpected. I started my academic journey in computer science,…

My future goals and aspirations after graduation include becoming a Medicolegal Investigator. I firmly believe in pursuing one’s ambitions. Ideally, I’d like to be a property and business owner, residing in a warm coastal location since I’m not fond of…

Wow, I did it! First person in my family to graduate college…What should I do now? All my life I knew that I needed to go to college, and get that degree. But as graduation approaches I don’t know what…

Growing up, we were always asked what we want to be when we were older. For some they knew immediately what they wanted to do. I was one of them. Whenever asked that question, I would always simply state, “I…

I’m in my last year of undergrad. Three years down. Taking the MCAT, applications, and the beast that is medical school lie ahead, but I am still here, making small decisions each day that contribute to my greater goals. I…