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Wow, it's been a while since I've written anything. College was interesting ride and I'm so grateful for the experience and opportunity to be around amazing people and learn so many new things. But today I am not here to talk about that. I want to write about something that happened to me during college... "So I have a friend that is a Documentary studies major, which means she wants to make documentaries for her career. For her Intro to Photography class she has to take pictures of people in their natural habitats aka dorms. So after lunch my friend, another friend and I headed to his dorm for our photo shoot. My guy friend pulled out his guitar and started playing a song, my Doc Studies friend was quick to whip out her camera and start snapping pictures. Once she starts clicking she can't stop, she calls it being 'shutter happy'. Like trigger happy but with taking photos. Anyway we all get to singing a song and she turns the camera to me ...

Spring semester 2017 I took a course called Literature and Cultural Studies. Our last day of class (today) we were asked to bring in a "speech" summarizing our thoughts about the content and learning that happened over the course of the semester. This course helped to reshape my thinking and how I interact with the world around me. This is a revised version of my "speech" on how I incorporate the different theories into my life. Before taking this course, I always paired theory with science, and science with intellectuals. Before this course, theory’s only purpose was to deliver to me an overly complicated jargon-filled explanation that confused me rather than simplifying the idea at hand. Before this course, I never thought of theory as something practical or something that could be applied to literature or social situations. When exploring different theories in class like; deconstruction, liberal humanism and critical race theory, I started to experie...

In college, turning in your assignments on time and studying are essential for a quality educational experience. But while you are trying to be a productive bean, you need to be in the right productive enviornment. There are many things that you can do to create a producitve and efficcent working enviornment. Here are some of the things that I use and that are useful to help increase productivity. Cold Turkey There is a website, getcoldturkey.com , that will help you block out distracting websites. There are timers that you can adjust to your liking to block websites like Facebook, Pinterest, and even Netflix! Comfort Space not Comfort Place Seperating your home life and school life, especially in college is super important and essential for being your most productive self. Find a place that is comfortable to do homework that isn't your bedroom. Most times in a comfortable place people tend to be lesiurely and laid back. In a comfortable space there is a comfort factor th...

I just started my second semester of college on monday and though it would be great to use reflect on my first semester. Despite my desire to have a smooth transition from high school & living with my parents to college & being independent, my first semester of college was rough. But you live and you learn so here are 10 things I learned from my first semester in college. 1. Adjusting to a new environment takes time After weeks of being in denial and telling myself I wasn't homesick and being miserable at school, I finally assessed my life situation and realized that I was missing many aspects of home life that hadn't transferred to college. Oddly enough I missed being in a house full of people and all the noise that came with it. My roommate was very quiet and kept to herself, which wasn't a problem. It was just that I yearned to be social in my living enviornment. Even when I would have an hour break in between classes my dorm was so quiet it drove me insane...

I will be writing this post in the form of a letter. I find it is easier for me to write when I feel like someone can respond back. Writing in a letter format also helps me to be more conversational in my writing and less structured. Hope you enjoy! Hello Friends, It has been two months since my last entry and I am truly sorry. I have been very busy with college life and never anticipated how strenuous my routine would be. Although I have been at school for 3 months, I am still adjusting to everything. I always feel like I am meeting someone knew or learning something different. With the outcome of the election last week I thought it would be appropriate to publish something. As a form of self-care I write. Writing helps me to clear out my head and process what I am feeling. Although many people make fun of millennial for having a safe-space, I truly believe that having a space to process and breathe is very important for mental health. In years past I would use a diary to s...

Written on August 19th, 2016 Today marks two days until I move into college and the rest of my life changes..... Although the first line of this post may seem a bit dramatic, college is it's own different world with it's own set of rules and it's own culture. I deem myself very independent although I've never been away from my parents for longer than two weeks. I know how to clean and cook for myself, I understand and know what my responsibilities are. But for some reason I can't shake the nervous feeling I get when I think about college and moving out. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I'm moving out of state for college or the fact that I hardly know anyone. Maybe just the fact that I'll be a significant amount of distance away from everything I know. Although being far from home is exhilarating, it'll be great to have some freedom. But I think all my worries just boil down to change. i don't like change, people in ge...

A popular topic this year is the election for the next President of the United States. This year's election seems to be the most intense and most important election year to date. This year I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to cover the  DNC  through  Motivos Magazine . The last day of the DNC was great! Although I didn't get to go to the Wells Fargo Arena, one last time I attended an awesome panel. This panel was around the topic of diversity in the workplace. This panel as a diverse group of successful people and the room was full of very diverse people of color as well. Panel Title: People of color; not just for Stock Photos Whitney Tome Executive Director at Green 2.0 Kaya Henderson Chancellor of Public Schools for the District of Colombia Jean Lee President & CEO of Minorities Corporate Counsel Association *These were just some of the panelists Most people on this panel were women (which I love). Often times white males are pla...