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Nov 22

Passion or Stability

    I vividly remember the day I began to write my first book. No ideas or outlines, just pure thought and creativity spewing onto my paper. It was a…

Kayla Cortez Jumbo Talk
Sep 20

Ahorita

    Besides the past, what was, and the future, what will be, what is currently?  Currently, I am motivated by the little things. I walk around campus…

Kayla Cortez Jumbo Talk
Aug 26

The Group of Six Series: The F1R$T Resource Center

I remember filling out my Common Application and one of the questions asked me whether I identified as a first-generation student or not. In Brazil, the…

Maycon Santos Jumbo Talk
Mar 19

A letter to my high school senior self

  I have always avoided doing one of these “write a letter to your high school self” prompts because I think my senior year was really personal to my…

Surya Adeleye Jumbo Talk
Nov 23

Finding Community through Tufts' Muslim Students' Association

  In the wake of the 2016 elections I remember waking up to a surge of notifications from texts, Facebook posts, Instagram stories, you name it. I remember…

Iman Ali Jumbo Talk
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