I am on a 5 hour ride with the famous Kenya SGR train going back to Nairobi from the coastal […]
Cultural Norms
Lost
Iʼm just a 21year old girl, society and people pressure you to get married when you reach certain age like […]
How a desire became Embrace Her
I grew up in Vietnam with loving parents and a family that always supported me. I had access to education, […]
The Silent Scream of Herat: Shrouded in Black, Stripped of Light
I am amazing because I am still breathing, still fighting, and still holding on to my identity in a city […]
Accepted. Funded. Rejected.
I was born as one of six daughters in a South Sudanese polygamous family—where, from the very beginning, my worth […]
To my late mother, Latika
My mother who passed away in 2013 in Nashik city(India) used to tell me her story of going to school […]
The Beauty Queen Who Exposed Corruption Before the World Was Listening
The Beauty Queen Who Exposed Corruption Before the World Was Listening** My name is Jesenia Orozco. I am an American, […]
From the Front of the Classroom, I See the World.
What is meant by cosmopolitism? Historically, the concept of cosmopolitism is referred to as “citizen of the world”. It starts […]
