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1,000 miles: step 44
This is me and Ana Negoescu, Director of Education and Advocacy at CARECEN’s 32nd Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony. It’s been but a few months since I last saw her, but time is a friend to change… and babies. CARECEN, Central American Resource Center, is located in Columbia Heights, Washington, DC. CARECEN is a community-orientated organization,…
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1,000 miles: step 43
The rain brought out this little creature. I’m surprised I managed to notice it. The bigger surprise was what happened when I got out of the passenger seat to take a picture. The turtle ran away from me. It rushed towards the highway. Then, once it heard the rush of cars coming its way, it turned…
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1,000 miles: step 42
I’ve been changing my mind. A lot. These days. I’ve always thought of myself as stubborn. That what I say I will do is the final word. It’s not. …. Lately, I’ve been wondering what I want to do with my college education. More specifically, what am I getting out of it? Is spending my…
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Global Awareness & Nuclear Testing, an issue of #trust
During my first college year, I had a roommate, and though she was a young thing, she was politically aware. Every week or so, I would share my favorite English words, overwhelmed at the delicacy of language. And she, would share facts about a country I hadn’t heard of up until then. She was far more consistent…
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1,000 miles: step 41
Yet another summer to begin waving good-bye to–and even though fall is my favorite time of year, I’m finding that I already miss this summer. And not because it was particularly nice. I miss it because it was a dash of dreadful, and I thought there would be so much more… Life can disappoint every…
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1,000 miles: step 40
Like all summers (and winter breaks), now that school is right around the corner, it feels like my days are flying past at 65 miles per hour–and that’s too fast for me. I know because that’s the speed that drives me insane whenever Mom puts me on the freeway. This summer, I started working a…
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1,000 miles: step 39
My goal is to teach creative writing at the college level. I have several years to wait, but for the past year I’ve had the opportunity to tutor at my local library. For an hour, this teenager and a grown adult become student and teacher. Many of my “students,” are people who have never touched…
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1,000 miles: step 38
Claudia, Age 6, Daddy’s little girl come home for the first time American soil underneath feet accustomed to the earth of El Salvador No need for glasses yet and the world still seen as fair In the recesses of my mind, Have you found a place to call home?
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