Tag: expectation verses reality

DukeEngage in Miami, in many ways, has gone very differently than how I’d pictured it when I first came into …

It took me a week into the Miami program to realize I was the only person who didn’t know Spanish. …

There’s a Mark Twain quote that says, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” He’s …

Upon arriving in Santa Ana, California, the second-most populous city in Orange County, I immediately felt out of place. I …

Anticipation before arriving in Jo’burg    Anxiety is what I feel right now, but it shouldn’t carry the weight of …

I’ve come in contact with privilege in a lot of ways – in the ways that I possess it, and …

On Wednesday, our second day of work, the interns from Catholic Legal Services wasted half an hour looking for a …

One of my goals for any new adventure I start is personal growth. Of course, this is in addition to …

Miami is two hours away from my hometown, but it is practically a world away. I live in a calm, …

I’ve never been in a house with no floors. That is, I had never been in such a house until …