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Sometimes the Way Forward Is To Return To the Beginning
  • Jan 27
  • 7 min

Sometimes the Way Forward Is To Return To the Beginning

I drifted away from Kiskeya and with it, part of myself.
In Search of Insight: A Chronological Dissection of My Mental Illness Journey
  • Dec 25, 2020
  • 8 min

In Search of Insight: A Chronological Dissection of My Mental Illness Journey

I was initially apprehensive of these ideas, given that I was so used to understanding myself as a patient of Major Depressive Disorder.
How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist
  • Sep 11, 2020
  • 6 min

How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist

We all sneeze from time to time, but if you sneeze 30 times a day, you know you’re sick.
What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino
  • Jun 28, 2020
  • 10 min

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

There is nothing more fragile in this world than a fragile White man—and that is, tragically, most of them.
Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League
  • May 30, 2020
  • 7 min

Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League

No puede ser, esto está mal. Era dirigido a otra Nicole. Ya mismo me llega otro email diciendo que fue un error.
Embrace the ‘ands’
  • May 18, 2020
  • 4 min

Embrace the ‘ands’

How would I be able to juggle these different identities—graduate student, writer, and Puerto Rican— without one infringing upon the other?
Blowing Away the Ivy Narrative
  • Jan 7, 2020
  • 7 min

Blowing Away the Ivy Narrative

No way, this is a mistake. This email is probably directed to another Nicole. I’ll get a second email soon saying it was a mistake.
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