storytelling through the pen.
Every story is only as good as the words that construct it. Words so precise and poignant that they turn an intangible yet overwhelming feeling into a palpable reality. Growing up, I wrote to make stories fabricated between the walls of my imagination a reality. Today, I write to capture the accurate reality of a situation, a body of art, or a profile — to so precisely relate the details that years upon reflection nostalgia may just overcome reader.
I honed my writing skills throughout my undergraduate coursework, taking classes in creative writing, comparative literature, and magazine writing, in addition to writing for Slope Media Magazine, a student-lead pop-culture publication. I continued my journalism education by taking Rolling Stone and NYU’s Modern Journalism course as I wrote AP news style articles for NBC New York’s digital platform.
Art galleries in New York City with a mission
As a hub for the arts, New York City boasts an unparalleled number of art galleries. From interactive and three-dimensional exhibits, to historic art ones, there is no shortage of spaces celebrating the arts. While many are world renowned art museums, the Big Apple also has a plethora of smaller art exhibitions fueled by inclusivity or social change missions…
Winter Film Awards International Film Festival is underway in NYC
The Winter Film Awards 12th Annual International Film Festival is underway in New York City -- aiming to highlight filmmakers from diverse backgrounds in an effort to bridge the gap and give them a platform to break into the industry…
Liberation through admission
I’m sitting in a quiet room in Uris Library, where even the slightest drop of a pen would interrupt the stillness of this room by echoing throughout the space. The moving outro of John Mayer’s In Your Atmosphere - Live lingers in my head…
The Broken Footed Dancer
My mother tossed a box of tissues at me as I left the car: “wipe your eyes,” she said, “they’ll be able to tell you’ve been crying.” I frantically grabbed a handful of tissues…