Officially Chirping
Glancing at the familiar faces in the dining hall, a peaceful emotion settled in my heart. This was becoming my home, and I was okay…
Check out Khadijah on Oprah!
Khadijah appeared on The Oprah Show, "Don't Stop Believing," Monday, October 5 and shared her tremendous story of rising from Skid Row to attend Harvard.…
100 Miles & Runnin
I tried to think of what to say to the readers of this blog at first I was going to be specific and target the…
Something Different…Life
Fresh air, a new environment, and the future awaited me. I arrived at school several days before classes actually started. The adjustment wasn’t too hard.…
Hello Reality…Goodbye Fantasy
All the packing and shopping had paid off; it was move-in day. I was officially a college student! I had everything packed strategically in the…
Life inside the Purple Bubble
“Welcome to the next best four years of your life: College.” I drove 21 hours to finally arrive at the “purple bubble,” one of the…
I Made It HERE??
My mom wasn't able to finish grade school because she had to help out in the fields of her small rancho in Mexico. She came…
Toto, I Have The Feeling We’re not in Kansas Anymore
A kid up the hall in my dorm left last week, for good it turns out. His parents came to take his belongings back home,…