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Continue reading →: Still SwimmingIn a crowded grocery store, one woman learns that just because you’re overlooked doesn’t mean you’re unseen.
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Continue reading →: The Distance I’ve CrossedOn Tuesday morning, in the presence of my parents, sisters, and Carey, I joined hundreds of classmates in walking across the stage and accepting a diploma from Fordham University’s School of Social Service. I can now officially put the letters “MSW” after my last name. In 10 days I am…
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Continue reading →: And So it Begins…My gap year has officially started! Suddenly it feels both like I have all the time in the world, and like every moment is precious. You know how they say youth is wasted on the young? I think gap years are wasted on the young too. How can a 17-…
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Continue reading →: Biking Through All Five BoroughsOn Sunday morning my alarm went off at 4:15 am. Carey and I dragged ourselves out of bed and caught the 5:07 am train to Manhattan, bleary eyed with bicycles. We hopped on the subway at Grand Central and rode the 4-5-6 a few stops. It wasn’t until we got…
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Continue reading →: Sixteen Countries in 7 MonthsAs much as I’d like to visit every country on my wishlist when I begin my epic world adventure, the reality is if I try to hop from country to country every 5-7 days I’m going to quickly burn out. I’ve narrowed my list of 41 countries down to just…
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Continue reading →: One Month to FreedomI woke up this morning and realized I didn’t have a blog post written for today. It’s been a busy week for me, with two 8-10 page research papers and a descriptive statistics project all due next week. Forgive me, dear reader, for not thinking of you more. I’m coming…
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Continue reading →: How ChatGPT Is Helping Me Sell Everything I OwnAlmost every day I see another news article about advances in artificial intelligence. The A.I. Futures Project spent the last year trying to predict what the future will look like as A.I. gets more and more embedded into our daily lives. They predict that A.I. systems will surpass human-level intelligence,…
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Continue reading →: United in Rage and HopeI attended my first protest this week, alongside millions of my fellow Americans. Yes, I’m 53 years old and I’ve never been to a protest before. The last time around, five years ago, my kids were still young and there was a deadly disease floating around and it just didn’t…
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