Maybe it's just the way time passes, but 11 weeks later, and I'm headed back home again. My finals for this quarter finished up on Tuesday and I am officially 2/3 the way through my freshman year. And they say time flies. This quarter has been quite a hard one for a lot of us…Read more A Lesson Before Leaving
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To This Day
But our lives will only ever always Continue to be A balancing act That has less to do with pain And more to do with beauty Back in 2013, I was a sophomore in high school and somewhere along my needs for procrastination, I found something that changed how I looked at poetry and at…Read more To This Day
This One is For The Women
It seems that with every month comes something new to discover and a new idea to think about. With March comes Daylight Savings time, the beauty of Spring, and last but never the least, Women's History Month. Welcome to the celebration of some of the most amazing people I have ever met and the history…Read more This One is For The Women
Let’s talk about College
It's that time of year again, if you're part of the Class of 2017, then you know exactly what time I'm talking about— it's time to make some decisions. Even though I have two and a half weeks left in my second quarter of freshman year, I remember the stress of college decisions and acceptances…Read more Let’s talk about College
More than a label, More than a month
I could have sworn that this quarter just began a week ago, let alone Black History Month, yet somehow there are three weeks left before these classes are over. This is my final post on the black history month subject. But that’s the thing, it isn't simply a subject to me— just because we spend…Read more More than a label, More than a month
Time for Change
Think of the words black excellence and what comes to mind? Maybe it makes you think about my blog post last week or the poem I posted on Monday. Or at Howard University, it not only defines the pride of the student body, but also the truth of how excellent each and every student there…Read more Time for Change
Unapologetically Black
1/240 More than a student, a woman, and a freshman here at Cal Poly, this is the number that represents me. I am one out of 240 black students here. Welcome to Black History Month, one that I started off with something different here this week. On Wednesday night, I went to an open mic…Read more Unapologetically Black
The Beauty of Standing Up
"I, too, sing America." Two weeks ago I put up my new poetry page in addition to my blog posts, and this week I decided to do something special: This week I am combining them into one. Last Saturday and Sunday, I’m sure you heard all about the Women’s March no matter where you are…Read more The Beauty of Standing Up
Dancing in the Rain
“The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to.” I found this quote over the summer in what is now one of my favorite books, Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes, owner of Shondaland and TGIT. With the…Read more Dancing in the Rain
Yes We Can
Back at Cal Poly this week, things have been both busy and slow at the same time. Sometimes I wonder how that can be, how the clock seems to keep moving while we’re standing in place, and yet when we look back, things are already changing. This week brought us to President Obama’s final speech…Read more Yes We Can
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