One of my biggest problems I would say I have is taking my own advice. I have suffered the consequences because of this, but I’ve been told I’m good at giving it them out.
I would say I have learned and grown from ...
At the beginning of the semester, I had my mind made up: I am going to transfer out from El Camino College to a four-year university.
Thanks to family and friends encouraging me to move on to “better places” I was mentally ...
Many words have been used to describe the Trump presidency, both good and bad.In fact, if I'm honest, I have no kind words to say about his presidency. Now it's not like I woke up one day and just decided to hate him.It started wh...
A month or two ago, I came home to a wooden post outside my house advertising its sale. “Call for inquiries.” I had a lot of those. Would we have to move? Where? Can we afford any other place? As the days and weeks...
I remember the exact moment I fell in love with fitness. I was only 13, adjusting to the 8th grade and going through puberty. I told myself, "I will lose this weight before I go to high school."I refused to be the chunky girl ...
At the age of 13, I came to America without knowing a single word of English.In Honduras, my life was different compared to living here because I only knew about my culture and my language and moving to the U.S was an extreme c...
It's December.You know what that means?"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas," or so the song goes.Whether you're in the heart of some Caribbean Island or the top of a snowy mountain, Christmas is supposed to be a jolly ...
I am 26 years old and still living with my parents and many people don't understand why, but for me, I've been through some struggles that I had to overcome in order to become who I am now.My father always told me, "As a Latina,...
I'm a mildly-disabled person and despite that, I've been looking for love for years.I'm closing in on my 30th birthday, but I have never been successful in finding that love.When I was 12 years old I was sent to UCLA Medical ...
I was once invincible, at least I always saw myself as such. I was a "jock." I played a few sports including soccer, tennis, street hockey and baseball throughout my childhood and mid-teenage years. But sadly, it all ended.On ...
