“You can never be overdressed or overeducated”
Oscar Wilde
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The Price of The Model Minority Myth
“The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.” -Barack Obama The stairwells in the Louis… Read more
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Shakespeare For LGBTQIA+ Rights
It’s coming up on the one-year anniversary of my (not so) graduation and I was going through some of my old essays. I really enjoyed writing a lot of them so I’ve been going through them and re-editing them just for fun. Here is an essay from English 54 my Shakespeare course at Santa Clara… Read more
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Sophia’s Choice
I have spent my life trying to fit. Into friendships, personas, clothes… box after box after box. So many self-help books will ask you; “Why fit IN when you can stand OUT?” or “Don’t limit yourself by fitting into someone else’s mold”. I grew up in an environment where these phrases were posted on hallways… Read more
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An Open Letter to My Body on Valentine’s Day
Dear Body, I appreciate you for allowing me to participate in soccer, dance, badminton, kickboxing, yoga and all the other activities that brought me closer to friends and family. I appreciate that you still work to keep my alive even when my actions starve you. I appreciate all the adventures I’ve been able to go… Read more
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The Ice Cream Analysis of the World & My Life
So I love ice cream. For anyone who knows me this is not new information. But what you might not know is that this runs in my family. When I was younger my mom decided how much allowance I should get based on how many scoops of ice cream I could buy per week. (We… Read more
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A Letter to London
Today is my last full day in London and I can’t believe how the time has flown. I came to London a woman still unsure of what I was capable of. When I arrived at the airport I still identified as the shy unsure fourth grader who thought the world would end when I had… Read more
Diaries of a Dancing Queen 