Not too long ago, I finally learned about “imposter syndrome”. In layman’s terms, picture a genius with a chronic fear of being a fraud, despite evidence to the contrary. Pretty twisted, right? Well, as soon as I learned about it, images of friends notorious for…
It’s kind of weird how fast my week transitioned from looking forward to reflecting back. Let me explain. The beginning of the week was pretty exciting as Emily was going to present some highlights on her time working on open laws for the San Francisco’s…
20 weeks. That’s 140 days, which is 3,360 hours, otherwise known as 201,600 minutes. I cannot even count up to 140, let alone 201,600. The longest I have been away from home up to this point is 23 weeks for research last summer plus my…
You know, last year was the first time I celebrated my birthday while observing the Ramadan fast. Last year also happened to be the first time I celebrated my birthday away from home at Yale. New Haven summers can be glorious or a bore. It…