My Many Identities: Speaking More Than One Language

I know we all have different versions of ourselves. We have the version of lounging at home on the couch, we have our social selves and we have our work persona. But when it comes to speaking more than one language, I feel like I also have different identities. I speak three languages, English, Spanish …

Road Trip: Tips for the Long Car Ride

One of my favorite things to do is get in a car and drive. I used to live in a small town in the states, so there wasn't much to do back in high school. When my friends and I were bored, we would get in the car, blast music from our childhood (Lizzie McGuire …

Getting Ready To Go State Side

This weekend, I am leaving for the states! This will be my third time visiting since I moved to Paris three years ago. This week has been pretty busy trying to get everything ready. It's also my last week working my summer job, so I have been running around like crazy. I try to stay …

2017 For Now

When 2017 started off, I was in a rut. I parted ways with my then host family due to scheduling issues, I had just finished up my first semester at the Sorbonne which was highly stressful and in all honesty, I was pretty worn out by a lot of personal things in my life. Jump …

Scared of Mickey to Love for Disney

Here is the story of my first time at Disneyland, which was in Anaheim, California. You would have thought that for an 8 year old at the time, it was every kid's dream to head to the land of Mickey. It was my nightmare.  When I was little, I was afraid of people dressed in …