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I Went to Europe! (alone) (with a backpack) (and no plan)
I just called my mom. Apparently, the first time I was on an airplane, I was seven months old. My first cross-country road trip, I was a week old. I went on my first international trip at three to Mexico to visit my family in their village there. When I was in middle school, my…
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A Quick Essay About Fast Fashion
How the Industry is Ruining Lives and the Earth And What We Can Do I’ve always loved to thrift. When I was a kid, I went to Goodwill with my dad and sister to get new clothes to wear. I went in high school with my friends as a pleasurable activity, looking for stylish vintage…
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Welcome to Miami, Bienvenidos a Miami
Hey. It’s been a sec. Welcome back! So, where have I been, and what have I been doing? Lots. A brief recap! Fresh out of high school in 2022, I moved to San Diego, California to attend the University of San Diego. I loved the school and met and befriended such incredible people there, but it…
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Turning 20 (and thinking about time)
In one week, I will enter my twenties. I will stop being a teenager, and never be one again. I’ve been thinking about it. In some ways, it feels crazy, maybe a bit scary. A reminder that time moves much faster than we want it to. A confirmation that I’m starting to leave my youth…