Last week I mailed a form to request a copy of my birth certificate. Birth certificates have been in the news lately; my request for a birth certificate coincided with…
Finding Roots, “Off the Grid”
As a second semester senior, life lately has been a lot of hours in the library, pounding out thesis pages and seemingly endless papers, occasionally breaking to obsessively check on…
Vieques
I have learned that being different in whatever way you happen to be is a blessing if you allow it to be. When I was a little girl, I lived…
The Trials and Blister-ations of Turtle Conservation
Wind back two weeks and I would have gladly told you that “volunteering to protect turtles on the beaches of Costa Rica is an incredible way to ensure the future…