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These posts contain a piece of my topic of how I am excluded as an immigrant. In my first blog post, I revisited an old essay and wrote about my aunt’s immigration process. While I was writing about her i […]

The work “The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black” by Tommy Curry is one of the most interesting books I have ever read because of its engrossing content about the United States race rel […]

As I was researching a study that interested me was “Immigration Application Denial Rates jump 37% Under Trump”[1]by David Bier because it statistically demonstrates that Immigration Application denial has rem […]

I took a philosophy course in which the first selected reading during the semester was “The Concept of the Political” by Carl Schmitt. The professor at the time explained that he chose to lecture on that book bec […]

A moment was when my grandmother as a resident petitioned my aunt and she was falsely acussed of committing fraud. My aunt was full of hope because she was going to be able to provide a better education to her […]

March 4, 2019

Dear Diary,

I find it surprising that I am writing in this uncomfortable goat hand-made chair instead of feeding the animals, the turkeys, and the pigs. I have never written a journal entry […]

The kitchen in the apartment that I reside has characteristically been my safe haven to complete assignments. It is the place where my ideas become coherent and where I seek refuge when I try to find answers to […]

“Around the World with Narratives” by Grecia Catalan was the literary narrative that captivated me the most because Spanish is also my first language. I grew up in the Dominican Republic where I was taught Spanish […]

A former version that I would like to go back and visit would be my childhood in the Dominican Republic. After many years living in the U.S I underestimated my time there. It was so distinct from New York, the […]

An essay that I recall is a reflection when I attended the Activism in Academia Symposium titled “Aspiring Americans ‘Thrown Out in the Cold’: The race infused politics of naturalization.” This essay surface […]

The Five-Paragraph Essay is a methodology strictly standardized and instilled in students to see their intellectual capabilities. The Five-Paragraph is like a guideline that teachers use to explain to students the […]

John Millais was a successful and notable book illustrator of the Victorian and pre-Raphaelite era, who made several works for Anthony Trollope and Tennyson. The vast majority of book illustrations that he did […]

The Fales collection, granted to New York University in 1957 and 1966, is comprised of books of American and English literature. It was created by DeCoursey Fales to commemorate his father Haliburton Fales. He […]

At the International Antiquarian Book Fair, distinct exhibitions of antique paintings, books, letters and manuscripts were being sold. At this book fair, the majority of the paintings and the books were first […]