I really wanted to be a neurosurgeon. All my life, since I was six or so, all I wanted was a white coat, a scalpel, and someone’s brain. Nothing excited me more - it made me so happy to know that my life was all...

Hello, friends. Welcome to my journey from plain old Laura Veira to full-form Harvard VEIRATAS . (Get it? I’m funny)

Anyway, moving on….

My college application process was a little different from many high school...

My father immigrated to the states from Haiti in the 1980s, and from then on, he has remained a staple in the public service sector. But from his very first job at an orange orchard in northern Florida to the more recent years that he...

The whole college process can be a rather stressful time. So when my high school graduation rolled around, I was ecstatic that the whole thing was finally over.

I planned to have a fun filled summer as a camp counselor at a...

I grew up in a small, rural, farm-town, better known as West Branch, Michigan. However, even for my fellow Michiganders, this probably doesn’t mean much. West Branch has a few blocks on one street known as “downtown,” and “Hamburger Hill” which consists of fast-food restaurants...