I am amazing because I am still breathing, still fighting, and still holding on to my identity in a city […]
Cultural Norms
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 […]
Be Afraid
Fear, a hollow feeling that swallows you from within, there are so many forms of it – Fear of being […]
I don’t want my dad to love me.
I don’t want my father to love me. As far as I can remembrer, my father was always a family […]