Tag: College

U.S. higher education leaves students in the dust

Under the scorching July sun in Kentucky, one of my high school friends who decided not to go to college jokingly asked me, “So what y’all even do in that rich kids’ school?” I responded with a sarcastic laugh and returned to...

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Flourishing as a Latinx woman at Emory

The concept of flourishing typically encompasses rapid growth and success. Yet I associate flourishing with strength and courage, particularly as a result of growing up in a highly “machista” region. To begin flourishing, it...

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