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Coming Back to Life: How I Started to Emotionally Heal After A Sexual Assault

Coming Back to Life: How I Started to Emotionally Heal After A Sexual Assault

Editor’s Note: Trigger Warning: sexual assault and suicidal ideation. Olwethu wrote to us because she wanted to share her experience of healing after trauma. She hopes that by sharing her story, other survivors will no longer feel alone. If you have experienced sexual assault, there are resources to help you.

A First-Gen College Student on Applying During a Global Pandemic

A First-Gen College Student on Applying During a Global Pandemic

College is a tricky topic in First Generation applicants' households. There’s always a tension between support and willingness for continuous learning. The feeling of loneliness and abandonment of knowledge about colleges are the norms. When everything was changing around me last spring, I found myself collectively questioning how the college application season will work out for me.