Oct 26, 2018What It Means to be a First Generation College StudentMy parents were farmers in Northern Spain. They met, fell in love, were married, and moved to the United States. They did not come from a...
Oct 5, 2018My College Closed | TakeawaysAt eighteen-years-old, I thought I had my life figured out. I loved college more than I could put into words. I was hired to be a...
Apr 26, 2018Volleyball = RelationshipsWhen I was younger I danced and played softball. Dance made me close to my mother and softball my father. Softball allowed for me and my...
Mar 26, 2018Diary of A Research Assistant: Week 4The first thing my Professor said to me in our meeting this week is that she realized we had a serious problem with the software we...
Mar 23, 2018Mind & Heart Games (Part I)(Photo courtesy of Christian Newton) One day you feel like you’re on top of the world, conquering everything with style and grace. The...
Mar 19, 2018Diary of A Research Assistant: Week 3I walked into this week’s meeting fully ready to start inputting our data, only to realize that I was seriously jumping the gun. My...
Mar 12, 2018Diary of A Research Assistant: Week 2If there was any doubt in my mind that I’m going through with this project, this week I made an official commitment to present at...
Mar 2, 2018Next Time, I’ll Take a Taxi“Alright Mr. Clark, your parents are here,” the state trooper called out. His words echoed off the bare walls of my cell, jarring me back...
Feb 26, 2018My First College Baseball ExperienceIt was a warm sunny day in Fort Myers, Florida when I came running out of the bullpen. To be honest, I don’t even remember getting to the...