My name is a celebration of the freedom my parents, and especially my mom, felt living in America. In the long list of people I want to celebrate, they are first. Read more...

Westwood became my second home the summer I became city editor. I would endure a two-hour commute from my home in South Los Angeles several times a week to help with production on campus, to look for stories by meeting business owners and to cover community meetings. Read more...

I’ve relied on the Daily Bruin so much in the past four years that I needed it to teach me one last thing: how to write this column. Read more...

I am not an outspoken person – especially when it comes to expressing how I feel. If you know me the most common expression I use to describe anything is, “It’s okay,” or “It was alright.” My responses can appear to be very dull and unrelieved, to a point where people start asking me why I appear so closed off. Read more...

A few weeks ago, I slacked Emi Nakahara, my science and health editor, a link to a National Public Radio article that cited the UCLA Loneliness survey. Read more...

Every time I tell someone I’m graduating, their first question after congratulating me is usually, “So how do you feel?” T-minus five days and counting and I’m still not entirely sure. Read more...