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My Biggest Regret

My Biggest Regret

Daniela Baptista Haros, Impact Staff March 19, 2021

One of my great goals and I imagine yours too, is to be able to reach the end of my days regretting as few things as possible. I want to grow up and be proud of my time here on Earth and say I had made...

Running Away From New York

Running Away From New York

Nicole Alarcon, Staff Writer March 17, 2021

I fell out of love with New York, and I think a lot of people did during the pandemic.    Everything has changed drastically, and it seems like the idea of finding the American Dream in New York City...

One Year Later

One Year Later

Alexis Lynch, Managing Editor March 13, 2021

It's been a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. Life has changed right before our eyes, as a country we have watched many die and suffer from the pandemic. We watched people lose their...

Racial impostor syndrome is definitely a thing for many people. We hear from biracial and multi-ethnic listeners who connect with feeling fake or inauthentic in some part of their racial or ethnic heritage.

The Girl With Tangled Roots

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 12, 2021

I am the girl with the tangled roots, the one with no real identity. Check one box for your race, but Hispanic isn't a box because Hispanic isn't considered a race. Now I'm sitting there, with my hands...

Graduation caps thrown in the air

Four Years Later, What Now?

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 9, 2021

After four years of crying, stressing, and sweating, I am finally graduating. The first of my family to do it, I should feel great, but why don’t I? I'm more scared than happy, why am I so scared...

Living With Impostor Syndrome

Living With Impostor Syndrome

Nicole Alarcon, Staff Writer March 8, 2021

I am a fraud... That’s what goes through my head every time I accomplish something, or any time I submit an assignment, or even when I speak to someone. That’s what’s in my head 24/7. It is...

Back At Madison Square Garden

Back At Madison Square Garden

Alexis Lynch, Managing Editor March 6, 2021

If you're an avid New York Rangers fan like myself, you can understand the excitement I felt walking back into the stadium. Last year, I went to a Rangers game almost every month, but I went a whole...

My Grain of Sand

My Grain of Sand

Daniela Baptista Haros, Impact Staff March 3, 2021

"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others." - Albert Schweitzer I grew up in an environment that was quite different from most others. My parents work...

Break Ups With My Best Friend - Part 2

Break Ups With My Best Friend – Part 2

Daniela Baptista Haros, Impact Staff March 1, 2021

At some point, you may feel like you and a friend no longer connect, whether you find that you have less in common or that lately you are being treated differently, or that you are giving so many explanations...

Do We Complain Too Much?

Do We Complain Too Much?

Daniela Baptista Haros, Impact Staff February 26, 2021

I remember how one day I decided that I wasn't going to complain for 24 hours. I was looking at my social networks, and I came across an image on Facebook that said something like: «Try going 24 hours...

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