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Following in Her Footsteps
(2021-02-12)In part 1, I talk about my experience as a senior in high school through COVID and I reflect on the instability COVID caused everyone. In part 2, I talk about my grandmother's move to Sudan in pursuit of her studies and ... -
My Family's Defining Moments
(2021-02-08)Different defining/life changing events in my life and my grandparents lives. -
Testing the Waters & 44 Years
(2021-02-11)Part 1: A first generation student explaining the importance of Diversity in Stem and his experiences. Part 2: The anecdote of a father facing a deportation trail. -
A New Found Perspective
(2021-02-11)The work is about a defining moment in my life and a defining moment in my mother's life. -
Middle Eastern Immigration
(2021-02-11)Stories of how the experience of immigrating to the U.S. is for those living in the Middle East, along with the effects of trying to immigrate on their family. -
My Most Defining Moment
(2021-01-25)Its about my most defining moment in my life and how it has affected me throughout my life. This one moment between my parents helped me and my brother have a completely different life than we would've had if they stayed ... -
Defining Moments: A Year of Loss and a Fight For Home
(2021-02-11)This writing tell of a defining moment of my first experience of loss, as well as a defining moment from my great grandmother in which she fights for her nation and makes choices that changed her life. -
Defining Moments: Overcoming Disappointment
(2021-02-10)This describes two defining moments in which disappointment and tragedy lead to a good and surprising outcome. -
A short story of my father
(2021-02-10)This piece is about the sacrifices and struggles my father went through in order to give me the life I have today and how he continues to strive for more despite his age. -
Big Decisions: A Multi-Generational Theme
(2021-02-09)Both me and my parents have had to take great leaps of faith to follow our dreams, not always knowing where they will take us. -
The Past Affecting the Present
(2021-01-27)A defining moment for me in the year 2020 and a defining moment for my parents -
Defining Working Moments
(2021-01-19)My work is all about defining how I've made progress on working towards my degree, and how my grandparents and their children have had to work hard to gain citizenship in America. -
Defining Moment of my Freshman Year in College
(2021-02-07)My work is about a defining moment that I thought shaped me as a person and also a defining moment from ancestors to see how they correlate. -
A Life Changing Experience
(2021-01-31)My work is about the defining moment in my life and in my parents' life. -
Find Your Destiny
(2021-01-31)My work is about a defining moment in both my life and one of my ancestor's life. -
The Supreme Court and my Civil Rights: Uncertainty Ahead
(2021-01-24)From Supreme Court vacancies to the threat of losing one's civil right to marry, history is uncertain for the rights of many LGBT citizens. -
Defining Moments: My Grandfather's Illness
(2021-01-24)This piece is about my grandfather's role in motivating me to pursue a career in the medical field by turning his sudden illness into a learning experience for me.