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Safe Mind Space

There currently exists a huge stigma against mental health issues causing people suffering to suffer in silence. In the case that the ones suffering share, the people around them tend to think that the person can easily get “over it” or “aren’t trying hard enough” which is not the case. There have also been cases where the family of the person suffering is completely against seeking professional help, leaving them unable to afford the costs of professional help. 1 in 5 adults in America are living and working with a mental illness – most common are OCD, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, and Chronic Depression. With the number of people suffering from a mental illness so high, it is imperative that they have a place to go when they are looking for help – in this case, it is Safe Mind Space. Safe Mind Place’s main goal is to get rid of the stigma around mental health issues by providing young people – 12 – 26 years old  - with early access to mental health care and support. Safe Mind Place...
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A World We Dare to Imagine

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Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people living life in peace, you You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one If I were to sit an imagine a perfect world, I would immediately think of a peaceful place. A place where violence, differences, and strife didn’t exist. Where everyone was happy all the time and everything was perfect. But life isn’t perfect and everyone isn’t happy all the time. Everyone in one way or another has felt pressure from the outside – pressure to get a job, to be in relationships, to look and act a certain way, to do well in school, and so on. All these pressures coupled with the unpredictability of life and we get statistics that are horrifying: ...
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L I F E Review

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My family loves to watch movies, whether it be at the actual theater for a just-released film or catching up on one at home from a few months ago. We tend to watch a movie every week and sometimes even more than once a week. Today my brother had some friends over which left the rest of us - my mom, dad and myself -  to find something to do. My mom scrolled through the movies on Spectrum and she found LIFE. I remember watching the trailer when it first came out and I thought then it would be a really great movie. I was right.  The movie started off with an introduction to the team and their mission - they had been sent into space to intercept the unmanned Pilgrim 7 space probe, which has soil samples from Mars. The main scientist, Hugh, then proceeded to try and reanimate a dormant cell they found in the soil sample. He was able to get it to animate and it started to grow eventually becoming a multi-celled organism. At this point, they thought they had made a...
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Thoughts on Born on Third Base by Chuck Collins

My initial reaction when Professor Hansen introduced the book was to merely question Chuck's reasoning and also his sanity. After reading the introduction, I could see why he did it and I admire him for doing so. As he has mentioned in his book, Chuck is one of the few - if not the only person - who has ever given away their fortune. I wonder if - had I been in his shoes - I could have done the same thing. It would be so nice to never have to worry about expenses.  I didn't think too much about it at first, but the longer I was at SC, the more I saw how disadvantaged I was. First, there were barely any other Hispanics around. Secondly, we struggled to pay for tuition - I barely received any help because they thought my dad made too much which isn't the case. Not to mention paying for other things like books and materials, most I paid for on my own with money I got from working in the Leventhal offices. Lastly was the luxuries everyone else had. When vacations came around,...
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The Journey So Far

I've done a lot of self-reflecting lately, mostly because I've been trying to find myself but also because my time at USC is coming to an end. I've been thinking about who I was, who I am and who I want to be. When I was younger I was super outgoing. My parents even got a few phone calls from teachers saying that I wouldn't stop talking and was a distraction to other students. I was also very adventurous and wanted to try anything and everything. My parents first put me in t-ball but I hated it and so began the search for something I would enjoy. After t-ball, I then went on to try ballet, was in gymnastics for a few years, went to swimming classes at the YMCA, tried out hip-hop then went into cheerleading for three years, and then took some piano lessons before I decided enough was enough. I took some years off because I was frustrated, frustrated that I couldn't find something I liked.   In high school, I decided to try something new again and learned how ...
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Caught Between Two Generations

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Caught Between Two Generations Comparing Demographic Classifications: Millennials vs. Generation Z Can you imagine what it would have been like without the invention of smartphones? Maybe you don’t have to imagine it because you lived it. Maybe you wouldn’t dare imagine it because it’s all you’ve ever known. How about laptops or iPods or even tablets? Do you remember when they first were introduced or did they already exist? I’m one of the people that grew up while all this amazing technology was just starting out. I was part of a generation that learned how to use technology as it came out. For the longest time, I had thought I was part of the Millennial demographic – my marketing professors had always told me and the class that we were Millennials – but I’ve come to realize that I may be part of Generation Z. You may be asking, “Why does it matter which generation you are associated with?” To that, I say that it’s important because there are certain characteristics, t...
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Final Thoughts on Growing a Farmer by Kurt Timmermeister

I was really excited to first begin reading Growing a Farmer. Professor Hansen had done an exceptional job of creating an initial interest in the book. Having now finished the book - or well most of it - my initial excitement did not last until the end. The first few chapters were very entertaining, I really enjoyed reading about how the farm got its start as well as the chapter on Bees. It was when Kurt first began describing his raising of animals that I began to lose the excitement. I was and still am a bit annoyed with how Kurt described these experiences with his animals.  When first describing the interaction with his animals he would talk about how cute and innocent they were and then immediately follow that with a description detailing their purpose on the farm. Most, if not all, would one day become his meal when they were no longer interesting or serving a purpose. In Kurt's final chapter he tells the reader he would rather know that a life was associated with...
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