My love affair with books started during the pandemic. For some reason, I struggled to connect to reading when I was younger. I never did finish the Harry Potter series (I’m sorry!), and my reading was...

When I started my senior year, I wanted everything to be perfect. I tried my best to get the perfect attendance, I made sure to get straight A’s and I participated in every extracurricular possible....

I firmly believe that it should be required for every person to work at least six months in food service or retail at some point in their life. Working at a restaurant for the past two years has transformed...

Being an only child has been interesting for me. I often surprise people when I drop the bomb on them that it is indeed just me who lives with my parents. I always wonder if people are surprised in a good...

In an attempt to reject the egregiousness of equating chronic pain to a number on a scale from 1 to 10, I have learned to describe my migraine pain in various ways. My head as an old house, the pain a...

My Grandma Rose is a baller, and I love how disciplined she is. She always motivates me to do better. Here are four pieces of advice she has given me to help me succeed in high school. Build up great...

Throughout my middle school years, any time there was the sound of the coffee machine whirring in the kitchen or the smell of espresso wafting through the air when my dad walked through the door, I always...

Great authors say that the best way to improve your writing is to read. As an elementary and middle schooler, I had no trouble following this advice; I read everywhere, all the time. My class reading logs,...

Throughout my 4 years in high school, I want to share a few things that I’ve learned. Some of these are important, and some of these even matter, but not many. I had to rush to make this because I was...

“Once you get your mix right, put it in a blender. Hell yeah I’m wingstop; b***h, I’m selling chicken tenders. Yeah I get this beat from energy and walk it like Kemba.” -Drego So, really what...

From macaroni to manicotti, penne to pastina, pasta has always been a part of my life. I know it sounds really strange, but coming from an Italian family, I’ve always had a love of food—especially...

The board games in my life have been more valuable than I could have ever expected. When I was younger I wasn’t much of a board game fan—that was until one day, when a close friend of mine around 5th...