When I was 10, I was unwillingly entered into a writing competition by my teachers. What was the reason, you may ask? I was the only student at my school who spoke Spanish and it was a Spanish writing competition.

Not only do I end up going but I end up winning the top prize and going on live television. Needless to say, that gave me a major ego boost. I needed it because I was constantly bullied at school for my thick Cuban accent.

Ever since then, I’ve decided that writing is a thing I do and although I’ve…

I’m 23 years old, living in a crowded city, and have never been cat-called. I’m not the most beautiful woman ever, but I’m also not ugly. I walk often and exercise outside, yet I’ve never been cat-called. Poor me, right? Millions of women struggle with this problem daily, and here I am complaining that I’ve never experienced it.

The truth is, I’ve never been cat-called because instead of walking at a normal pace, I speed walk in hopes that no one takes a second look at me and makes me feel uncomfortable. I’ve never been cat-called because I wear baggy…

I wish I could say the title is clickbait, but sadly for me, it wasn’t. I was hired by a multi-level marketing organization, and I didn’t know it until my first day of work.

How it All Happened

I was a young college student looking for a job. My specific program required students to have one year of work experience before graduation or else you would not be eligible to graduate.

I was desperately looking for a job while simultaneously working on six courses and studying for exams. The school job aid office was not the best since they only helped with my resume…

The hype over influencers began more than a decade ago when the lifestyle YouTubers would make low-production videos from their bedrooms and somehow manage to rake in millions of views.

Ever since then, the influencer world has expanded and companies have begun using humans as their main source of advertisement. Paid brand deals are the biggest source of income for modern-day influencers. YouTuber Alisha Marie said in one of her recent videos that, on average, companies pay her $50,000 for a two-minute description of a certain product.

According to Business Insider Intelligence, by the year 2022, brands are expected to…

By mid-2019, more than half of Instagram users had already downloaded the new update. Not much had changed except for the fact that now you wouldn’t be able to see how many likes people had gotten on their photos.

Instagram stated that this new update was meant for people to shift away from “vanity metrics” — things like the number of followers and likes — and just be able to focus on the content that was being posted on the app.

Though Instagram claimed that the biggest reason for removing the option to see the number of likes on someone…

In 1979, Bic and Han Pan moved to Canada from Vietnam. They escaped to Canada in order to give a better life to their future children. Six years after emigrating to Canada, Bic and Han had their daughter Jennifer and 3 years later, they had a son named Felix.

I start every morning with a rather cheesy habit. I set my intentions for the day and those intentions are usually related to fixing current issues I’m struggling with. Following this, I either come up with a quote or look one up that relates to my intentions.

I find quotes comforting because they let me know that others have endured the hardships that I’m currently struggling with. I find comfort in sharing experiences with people and quotes help me relate to either great philosophers, scientists, or even celebrities.

My habit of writing down quotes every morning isn't a new one…

I’ve always looked forward to turning 24 for one reason. It was the age my mom gave birth to me and I always wondered where I would be in life when I turned 24.

My Mom’s Story — Being 24-Years-Old in 1997

By 24, my mom was married and had a kid. She had already graduated from university. She was still living at home but in Cuban culture, this is a pretty common occurrence. It’s kind of impossible to buy your own house or even rent one for that matter, so her circumstances were different.

My mom and my dad lived together when I was born. They met…