I have always struggled with expressing myself and navigating social interactions. It’s been that way for as long as I can remember, and the struggle is exacerbated by the fact that I tend to overthink...
October of 2020 was a month that changed everything for my family – the month when my dad was diagnosed with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure.
ALS is a cruel disease....
August 2023 was a month that changed my life forever. It was the month when, on impulse, I enrolled at OCCC. That impulse did not come randomly – It was the latest in a series of desperate and short-sighted...
What do you do when you lack a voice with which to express yourself? This is a question that I have grappled with for most of my life. I wouldn’t say that I lacked the ability to have a voice, but rather...
Since beginning my journey at OCCC, I have found that the most beneficial thing I’ve done for my personal growth is getting involved in as many campus groups and activities as possible, but doing so...
I used to be afraid of falling behind in life. It was my biggest fear from the time I dropped out of high school after 10th grade, and it remained so for more than a decade. I know that “falling behind”...
