Impact Wins 5 NYPA Awards Two Years In A Row
The Impact
April 10, 2020
The Impact won five New York Press Association awards for the second consecutive year, and earned the second most writing award in the state for the fifth year in a row. Associate Editor Valerie Lopez won two awards. She earned second place in the Feature Writing category for her story about a studen...
A Letter to My Teenage Self
Amber Perez, Impact Staff
October 19, 2019
Dear Teenage Self, Oh, how I wish you could see what I see now. When I look back, I see you as one person but I know there were two of you. There was the girl that the world saw and labeled. Then there was the girl that only you knew. I remember those sleepless nights and days filled...
Impact Breaks Own Record With Five NYPA Awards; Acosta wins three awards
May 16, 2019
The Impact was awarded five journalism awards by the New York Press Association last week, earning the second most writing awards in the state for the fourth year in a row. This broke The Impact’s previous record of four awards, which it won each year for the past three years. Managing E...
NYPA Award Winners List
April 30, 2019
Congratulations. You have made the Wall of Power! Nicole Acosta (4) Liv Meier (3) Kayla Simas (3) Valerie Lopez (3) Karissa Allen (2) Jackie Miranda (2) Erminia Errante (2) Katie Ryan Faith Rodriguez Christine Cassolino Laine Griffin Britney Lee Tiffany Cordero Insani...
A Misplaced Attachment
Nicole Acosta, Managing Editor
December 28, 2018
“I love you.” It wasn’t the kind of “I love you” that girls yelp in gratuity when their best friend convinces their secret crush to go on a date with them. Or the kind of “I love you” that one uses when their best friend gives them all the answers to the final exam. It was a romantic...
An Open Letter To Victims Of Abusive Relationships
Valerie Lopez, Impact Staff
December 15, 2018
It's easy to make excuses for the people you love. You can be easily blinded when you so deeply invested in the relationship. We often think, "That could never be me" or "if he ever hits me. I'm leaving." Then the sweet taste of irony hits hard. That's when you are coving up the bruises, afraid of...
OP/ED: What Will It Take? Coming to a Consensus on Climate Change
Michael Dunnings, Associate Editor
November 5, 2018
What will it take? I have asked that question to myself enough times to make me believe I have lost my grasp on reality and that I have lost my sanity. The definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting a different result. In that case, maybe I am. Maybe I have...
OP/ED: We Can’t Keep Ignoring The Transgender Community
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
November 4, 2018
Before our very eyes, a community is dying, and it's about time we acknowledge and fix it.
Why I Didn’t Speak Up Sooner
Valerie Lopez, Impact Staff
October 12, 2018
In the recent events of Brett Kavanaugh being accused of sexually harassment, only to be confirmed as the Supreme Court Judge, I am not only frustrated, but enraged. How can someone that is holding the most important moral position in the country be accused of sexual harassment? A lot of people...
OP/ED: I Believe You, and I Am With You
Nicole Acosta, Managing Editor
October 8, 2018
It has been nearly a year in a post-Weinstein world, and despite movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp, women are still seen as nothing more than compelling liars.
