Word on the Street
Nuts Are My Favorite Food
I am learning there is no such thing as perfection when it comes to self–love.
Charting My Growth On Paper Plates
How giving back to Camp Kesem gave me more than I could imagine.
What Living With An Anxiety Disorder Has Taught Me—And What It Can Teach You
I choose not to let GAD define me, but strengthen me.
Why I Left Greek Life—And Joined CAFSA
How the organization offered me an opportunity for change on Penn's campus.
Learning to Love Myself In The New Decade
How I took action to change my perception rather than my personality.
To All the Clubs I've Loved Before
Laura Jean writes to heartbreakers. I write to the ones that didn't make my resume.
I Don't Need Love. I Have Hookup Culture.
DFMO comes first, name comes second.
On Being Nobody
My mother taught me first to love books. Then, she taught me to love quietude.
Still Loving What I've Lost
While I outgrew childhood distractions, I never quite outgrew worrying.
Winning Essay: Love, Toolbox Child
Sometimes, love has calloused hands and rough edges.
Runner Up: Miles and Days
Drifting across contents, your love tethers me to home.
When Times Get Rough, Find Common Ground With Others
How our two different stories with CAPS group therapy intertwined
Weird Flex But Okay: Western Capitalist Culture Has Made Yoga Harmful
How capitalism's appropriation of yoga converted it from empowering to damaging.
Dodgeball Taught Me Everything I Need To Know About Confidence
How a summer tournament changed the way I approached my strategy to life and leadership.
Shaping My Own Judaism
How I started practicing my faith à la carte
I'm Done Waiting Around For Someone Else To Solve The Climate Change Problem
My long–time awareness of climate change didn't make me any less ignorant of it.
Living with Climate Change–Induced Hopelessness
How am I supposed to focus on anything when the threat of climate change hangs over my head?
Finding My Will to Fight For the Planet
My journey from climate guilt to climate action
Why the Best Ships Are Friendships
I couldn't imagine what my life would be like at Penn without club swimming, and I never plan on finding out.
