By Reina Copeland Since I could remember, I’ve been told to never dwell on the past since it always brings pain and harm to your future. It didn’t matter if I was talking about my past or the history of our world. I believed all the people who said that the past didn’t matter. Growing […]
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By Huifen Li With her heart beating out of her chest, she is shocked into silence by the profession of love from the boy who’s been consuming her thoughts. She has no clue how to react, nor how to process the words that she just heard. While she is freaking out internally, the one who […]
By Nicole Santiago In the summer of 2019, my family and I went on a trip to the Dominican Republic which was meaningful to all of us. There were about 20 of us crammed on a bus, living life, blasting music, and having fun. Meeting new cousins, uncles, and aunts you didn’t know you had […]
By Giannie Arana It was only supposed to be a two week shutdown, not an ongoing three years of dejection. Droplets of tragedy started pouring on us all as the vicious gray sky clouded the world in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unknown was chilling, as contracting the virus was like signing […]
By: Diana Villano I stood there, watching you stutter, “My daughter is here, she talk to you.” How many times have I heard that phrase? Too many to count. As I watched you frantically motion me over, I turned to the door. The wooden half-black painted barrier stood shut. I shrugged hoping you’d get the […]
By Sheema Zaira Engulfed by a forever blazing sun, in a village of scattered bricks and stray dogs, a train roars across the railway. It jolts the villagers awake like an outlet’s occasional electric shock. In this village, everyone knows each other’s business, as if they all live in transparent glass buildings instead of cramped, […]