The 2016 US Presidential Election and Me

On the night of the 2016 US presidential election, I was in my dorm’s common room when my father called me. Before hanging up, he and I laughed at the idea of Trump as the victor of the night. I watched people rotate in and out of the common room. No one was in any panic because we all still saw Trump as more of a joke than reality. That all changed when he won Florida.

The Personal, the Political, and Being a Woman at Work

For the past five years, my standard response to the question, “Are you seeing anyone?” has been: New Brunswick is my boyfriend.

New Brunswick, New Jersey is a post-industrial small city in the center of my state. It’s where I was born and holds all of my hopes for the future.