It's normal to feel a little immature well into your 20's. Trust me, I still do. But in the last year I feel like I've grown a lot as a person and as a woman. Here's the 22 things I have learned since...

I've always been different. I was always the odd one growing up. I was the black girl who listened to rock and hated r&b. I was the girl who spoke well in an urban neighborhood. My college experience...

The time slot from 12-2:30, one can collectively hear interns in offices across the city hold their breath. Mealtime with the editors is some of the scariest times I've ever experienced while interning. I...

Whenever someone finds out that I intern for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, I almost always get asked whether or not my life is like “The Devil Wears Prada.” I laugh because it is and then isn’t. Yes....

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am interested in Eastern Asian cultures. I find them interesting and very dense with history. Compared to other countries, the US is a baby when it comes to these things....

This year has started off just peachy. I was let go from my job during the second week of February, because they needed me to work more. Currently I am in school full-time two days a week and an Intern...

I walk the streets of New York trying to start my life anew and I stumble into fossils of what we use to be. Constantly being reminded of what was, stuck between my desire for wanderlust and the city I...

I was speaking to someone one recently. (I was looking to date this person but our plans fell through and we never reconnected but I digress). Through our brief courtship, he had asked me “If you’re...

The gun sits in the middle of the table. All of us sit watching it. Loaded. One bullet in the chamber. Click. Misfire. November - They're here, finally. The $10 I borrowed so that I could...

In preparation for the 20th Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, I have been watching VS catwalks of the past. For ten years now, I have watched the show annually. ‘Ooh-ing’ and ‘aah-ing’ at...