Being a student-athlete is challenging and there’s no doubt about it. It’s even harder when you’re in season. While my team is preparing for the upcoming 50+ games we have about three weeks of nonstop...

Being two hours shy from Tuesday, I sent the breakup text at 1:33 a.m. I was feeling anxious. Conflicting thoughts surrounded by uncertainty clouded my mind and the fear of arguing almost made me change...

I can always count on seeing you on a tough day. A day where I’m not mentally in it. I look up and around then I see you. Just flying by and letting me know I’m going to be okay. You follow me wherever...

I stared at the tired and teary eyes of a young boy. The lights turned red, and he tried his best to quickly make his way past cars, trying to sell as many snacks as he could. He was young enough to be...

On the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic Platinum Jubilee, the 95-year-old monarch made it clear that when her son Prince Charles takes the throne as king, she wants his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall...

January 17th, 2022 (First of all, a little side-note. Even though this is called Steph’s Saturday in the City, we did not go to New York City on a Saturday. Sophia and I decided to go on Martin Luther...

It has been over two years since I came to the United States. The fact that New York City is very close to the Dobbs Ferry Campus was definitely one of the reasons that I made the decision to attend Mercy...

I vividly remember my reading experience with Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Goldfinch. It was the summer of 2018. I had finished reading Tartt’s debut book, The Secret History, a...

January 19th, 2022 That marks my last first day of school. I have mixed feelings about how exactly I’m supposed to feel. Happy? Sad? How about feeling overwhelmed? I keep getting asked, “so what...

I have officially dubbed 2022 as the “Year of the Angels”. Call it a gut feeling or my optimism getting the best of me, but I feel incredibly lucky this year. My spirituality journey kicked off...