WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Senior reflects on racial incident in Fab Forties
Because the piece below is long, I will give a short introduction. Feel free to skip this and...
Gabi Alvarado
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Finding balance between sky and ground
My writing used to be very abstract. Last summer at Kenyon Young Writers Workshop in Ohio, my instructor...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: How ‘not to write,’ according to senior
I read a lot winter break. Well, not really; I read a lot the second week of break....
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Senior reflects on Country Day’s history curriculum
In English class, we’ve talked about Native American communities, and we watched a video of Native Americans giving...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Senior emulates poet to relate Salvadoran refugees’ struggles
I’m working on a project inspired by Terrance Hayes’s famous poetry series, in which all the poems are...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Senior reflects on women’s roles after watching Ashland’s ‘Othello’
The first week of October, juniors and seniors went to Ashland, Oregon, to see the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Home is where the heart is
I’ve been applying to colleges, which is a little difficult considering I’m not sure where I want to be yet.
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Senior contemplates taking gap year after ‘revelation’ at Quaker camp
Quaker Camp at Ben Lomond Quaker Center this summer was both the best and worst week of my...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Junior speaks up by both obligation and choice
This has been a defining year for me. Last summer, during the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, something...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Having teachers of color is even more important than having peers of color
I remember when Trayvon Martin was shot. I was 10 years old. I remember going to meeting that...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Gary Gilmore was more than a murderer; he was an ‘artist,’ a ‘poet’
Sometimes I’ll read instead of write, or vice versa. I get the sense that I can either read...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: I have a confession to make
I feel as though I shouldn’t need prompting to continue writing. I feel as though I should...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: The seven horrors of August Wilson’s ‘UniSon’ make me question my own demons
In October the junior and senior classes went to Ashland, Oregon, for the annual high school class trips....
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Mi Raza Pt 3: We stand on the shoulders of giants
This summer changed my view of what it means to be Mexicana, Latina, Chicana. This is the last...
MI RAZA: Racism evolves
This summer changed my view of what it means to be Mexicana, Latina, Chicana. This is the second...
MI RAZA: Changing identity
This summer changed my view of what it means to be Mexicana, Latina, Chicana. This is the first...