“Please write about your personal brand story.” That was the final question on my summer internship application. Luckily, I had done my research and...
Low-income students, like myself, frequently get put in a position where we must put aside our basic necessities, including toiletries and food, to attend...
For the first 13 years of my life, as I grew up in Fortaleza, Brazil, I never heard the term “white-passing.” No one ever questioned my ethnicity because...
With just over a year and a half until the 2020 presidential election, a new form of fake news is growing more prominent and dangerous than what we experienced...
I represent the inaugural class of students the college will require to live on campus for three years. Soon to be facing a future of financial insecurity...
Almost every Tinder date I go on is with someone I already know. A few weeks ago, I was swiping through the app when I saw an acquaintance. After exchanging...
I wandered through Emerson’s internship fair last October and searched for tables hailing a green balloon that indicated a company with an interest in...
I always raised my hand in middle school with the hope of answering every question the teacher asked, but my classmates rolled their eyes when I spoke...
I was sitting in an Uber with my friend Sydnie when my driver started telling us about his childhood in Roxbury, Massachusetts. His story didn’t particularly...
As a woman of color, I’m an advocate for an American political landscape with more females and more color. The influx of minorities into higher offices...
When I was in high school, the American Red Cross would sometimes station one of their “bloodmobiles” in the parking lot. A doctor, nurse, and phlebotomist...
I was living in Michigan as a Chinese exchange student during my junior year of high school when my mother called to tell me about a new movie premiering...
On Nov. 7, 2018, I walked into a meeting about institutional racism at Emerson College and was surprised to see I was the only student of color in the...
In July 2015, a Huffington Post Canada article about the fashion choices of a Bollywood star’s wife sparked controversy because of its headline, “Shahid...
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