I could feel my blood rushing and my lungs getting heavy. The sound of my heartbeat was so loud and fast that I could feel it throbbing in my ears.  How ironic.   Once I got into a...

I tie up my hair and load up two 45-pound plates and then two more and one more on each side. It's not a good workout unless you feel the pain. When did I become a gym douche? Is that what people think...

The day we met, we instantly clicked, she was a familiar soul to me, probably long-lost sisters who got to meet in another life, in another alternate reality. From sixth grade through 10th grade, we were...

When you’re a person who likes to observe or someone who’s constantly aware of your surroundings, nothing goes unnoticed; sitting in traffic, I’ll glance at the person next to me, I’ll look in...

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...

Last fall Mark Zuckerberg released a video on the Metaverse with the primary vision to maintain Facebook’s mission, a mission as he quoted, “still about bringing people together.” Where is his credibility...

Aracy de Carvalho received the honorable title of “Angel of Hamburg,” De Carvalho is the only Brazilian woman mentioned in the Holocaust Museum, in Israel, among 18 other diplomats who helped save...

I was thrilled to have my first job in America. On the day of the interview, I was dressed for the occasion with a silky button-down shirt and tailored pants. I walked through the large fortress wooden...

My family and I would take a yearly trip to Praia Grande, Brazil, a break from the chaos and hours stuck in traffic in Sao Paulo. I can't remember exactly how old I was, but the details of the day are...

“This sounds like a sex trafficking scheme.” My friend Katy texted me after I told her about the craigslist job. We had read scary stories about craigslist meetings gone terribly wrong, I was still...