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
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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
Restless Love
If there is anything I am learning to embrace, it's that sometimes things in our lives don't quite work out the way we want them too. This weekend I had big plans to finish my new poetry page and have the new edition up and running by now. But alas, the technological world was not in…Read more Restless Love
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
Let’s talk Resolutions
Have you ever looked at your life, who you are and where you're headed, and not quite liked what you saw? I know I have, I think we've all been there, whether it was getting into college, finding a new job, or facing the uncertainty of the future. Sometime in the past, we have all…Read more Let’s talk Resolutions
Farewell to 2016
And as all good things must come to an end, there is one full day left in 2016. This year has had its ups and downs, as every year always does, but looking back at the past twelve months, there have been some really fantastic moments. Sure, maybe there were some curveballs thrown in there,…Read more Farewell to 2016
I’ll be Home for Christmas
The countdown to Christmas leaves us with two days left to go. I can imagine all the children's eyes, alight with the anticipation of Santa coming to town, baking their cookies and filling glasses with milk. The rest of us are trying to finish some last-minute shopping, making rounds to old friends and loved ones…Read more I’ll be Home for Christmas
First Quarter takes the W
Before I sat down to write this blog post, I took a minute to skim through all of my weekly posts throughout the quarter. It’s funny to look back on things like that, everything that happened over the quarter, and pay attention to little changes or hopes that have morphed into something completely different. Whether…Read more First Quarter takes the W
Try a Little Tenderness
It’s dead week here at Cal Poly, which has basically involved a bit of rain, lots of coffee, and a whole lot more time working through problems and reading up on old material. Because next week is the last week of our first quarter— I am almost one third way through my freshman year. As…Read more Try a Little Tenderness
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