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Serenity.
"Is the Peace Corps truly accomplishing what it promotes itself to be?" Many people both within and outside of the Peace Corps network...
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Dwelling Place.
"Home" has become an elusive concept for me. For the first seventeen years of my life, Home was the 3rd floor apartment in Fort Greene,...
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Breathe. Stretch. Shake. Let it Go.
I haven't bought my ticket home yet. Yes, part of the excuse is that Peace Corps hasn't sent me the funds yet, but that's really just a...
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Working From Home.
In the pouring rain on the first Friday of May, 2017, my parents and I made our way to New York University's Wasserman Center. I had been...
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Orgullosamente Negra, Orgullosamente Yo.
"Who do people say that I am?...Who do you say I am?", Jesus asked his disciples one day. Some told him what folks were saying on the...