I wrote this essay for my colleges. I wanted to express my flexibility and versatility as a person, which I owe to my upbringing and changes I’ve underwent.
Memoir & Personal Essay
Layers of Art & Me
Family expectations. Fear. Uncertainty. Some of the many negative thoughts that flow in a teenager’s mind. Cue art, a community, a tool, and a coping mechanism that changed a girl’s life.
The Art Kid Who Hated Art
A high school junior relearns their love of art.
A Guide to Telling the Tale of Two Cities
I’ve written a scholarship essay showing how I’d bring a diverse perspective to NYU. I’ve shared my experiences growing up in Jamaica and America, my love of sharing knowledge and my love of writing.
Happy Days Are Here Again
In this personal statement, I reflect on how suffering alters the way we see the people around us, and how that phenomenon ended up playing a big part in my life.
Superiority, Schmuperiority
What identities do you perform in your day-to-day life and how have they changed over time? How can you care for others as they perform their identities with honesty?
Unmute
Describe a time when someone’s words had a strong impact on you.
True Recognition
A Muslim girl recalls her experience facing religious discrimination. which prompts her to organize a safe space for likeminded individuals to perform their identities.
Fake Mom
Most days, I act like a fake mom. And I’m good at it, too.
Tangles and Knots: My Life as a Highly Sensitive Person
“Are you okay?” The Hispanic woman wearing a disposable medical apron asks me as she comes back into the x-ray check-up room after scanning my braces. No.
My Hands
As a kid, I always covered my hands under layers of oversized and long-sleeved shirts, making sure that they were hidden from the gaze of the world.
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An essay about letting go of your identity.
The Step Calculator of Life
A whimsicial narrative of my life as my step count increases. Throughout my journey, I meet different parts of myself, from Curiosity to Shame. It’s a story of how these “people” have helped me grow.
Profiling Kathy
Criminal Minds taught me how to profile, and I apply my knowledge by taking on the challenge of profiling myself.
A moment of honesty;
Five short monologues that unpack the intimate questions that reveal bits of yourself, but show who you are in sharing them with the world.