When I arrived at San Francisco State I knew what my goals were. I wanted to learn as much as I could from those subjects that my school didn't offer back home. I wanted to learn things I couldn't learn back home. I am a...
When the semester started I was very eager to explore the city with my new friends, but as the semester passed by, I discovered that exploring alone has its own benefits! You don't have to match schedules - since you are not depending on more people,...
SFSU has many activities for their students like cooking lessons, Gator Groceries, the wellness center, Art expositions, etc. This week, I found one that students are able to do pottery workshops. The only thing they should do is to buy ther materials and go to...
People say that as you grow up, your desire to go to Disney increases as well. This is a very true situation in my case. The truth is, I've been to Disney World before, but my real dream was to go to Disneyland, the original...
As opposed to US, Mexico is a very collective society. We like to include each other in everything. When we make friends, we like to spend as much time as possible with our friends. We hug and kiss each other and basically demonstrate our love...
Being in America has shown me all the pros of being a Latino/Spanish-speaking person. Spanish is a very special language, I believe that it's one of the nicest languages you can hear and one of the most complicated as well. Nevertheless, I am surprised by...
This past long weekend I took a trip to Yosemite with some of the IEEC members. We got together at the campus and drove all the way to Yosemite. The only stop we made was to eat in a fast-food restaurant. When we got there we...
I started drinking tea when the year first started. I did this because coffee was too much for me. It made me shaky and sometimes paranoid, I wanted to do everything in the least time possible and my energy went peaking from 0 to 100...
Sleeping in San Francisco has been hard for me. I also live in a city, but San Francisco is way busier and louder than muy city. Also, my roommates like staying up late and they usually make a lot of noise. I like sleeping early,...
It is funny how sometimes people who aren’t from your country celebrate your customs more than you do. As a Mexican girl, I know everything about Día de Los Muertos, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I follow every one of the rituals we are supposed...