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Ever since Mr. Zuckerberg announced renamed Facebook to Meta, and trying to make Metaverse happen. Here is the Google Trend of “Meta” (Search team), and “Metaverse” since Sept 2021 till presence day: Google Trend of Meta (search term) and Metaverse (search term) sin...

My mother immigrated to the United States from Mexico at a young age and has experienced no shortage of hardship since then. She has persevered through extreme poverty, medical malpractice, gender-based violence, and racial discrimination throughout her life. She started working as a seamstress at f...

The most hardest decision in my life was moving to the United States to study, leaving my parents and my little brother behind. I’m very proud to be a Cape Verdean and the first-generation college student in my family. I was born in Boston, but I am glad that I was raised in Cape Verde. I live...

My move to the United States at the age of seven forced a dramatic adjustment to my way of life. Without knowing any word of English, I had to adjust to a novel sociocultural environment and academic curriculum, all the while having to emotionally bear and process the distance from family, friends, ...

Coming to the United States as a young Nigerian teenager was eye-opening in the sense that we certainly do not live in a world of equal opportunity, and some people have it easier to achieve success, while others use their limited access to resources to try to achieve the same greatness. I am mostly...

There have been trials and tribulations in transitioning from a business and finance background to a computer software engineer. After graduating with my bachelor’s in business, I chose to follow my childhood passion and pursue becoming an engineer. Thus, my new journey began by returning to c...

I strongly believe achieving milestones necessitates charting new territories in unforeseen places. Being a first generation American, hailing from South Texas, I’m proud of my humble roots and the ambition that my parents instilled in me to pursue challenging, but rewarding endeavors. F...

It is common to hear that when people say life is complex or challenging. The beauty of life starts shining at this point because our brain switches into a problem-solving mode. Most likely, any individual felt or said it at least once, particularly those who left their home country behind, where th...

In recent years, my current role has shifted to one that is heavily focused on using technology to allow individuals with disabilities to access their environments. While technology has been incredibly useful in allowing many of these individuals to have more independence, it has also been frustrati...

I am proud of my diverse cultural background. I am most proud of being Hispanic and a person of color. As a kid growing up in a small town, >90% of the population was Hispanic. I didn’t notice a culture change/shock until I arrived at the university. It was hard, but I was able to find peop...

Turkey always had a special fascination for me ever since I was a kid. A lot of it had to do with pages and illustrations from history books, I think. And then when I grew up and started to read Orhan Pamuk novels, I was getting increasingly drawn to this country. His novel, Istanbul, portrayed the ...

So I met my Moroccan husband on a London bus. Bus 328 to be precise and I was travelling from Chelsea to Golders Green and he hopped on, in Ladbroke Grove and sat right next to me. I noticed his big capable hands and he was wearing a suite which I thought was great attire. We never spoke or looked a...

What is the purpose of your role as Velocity Program Manager: As the Velocity Program Manager, I take 60+ early stage startup founders a year through our pre-accelerator, helping them find their feet in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and start to build the skills and connections they’ll...

First up, we have the ‘Gear Guru.’ This person looks like they’ve robbed an outdoor store. They have the latest GPS-enabled watch, the boots that cost more than my rent, and enough gadgets to make Batman jealous. They’re ready to dispense advice, wanted or not, on t...

“Oh, goodness! My heart is breaking! Can you do something?” Her voice echoed the pain in her heart. My wife stood at our front door, looking out the window at a sorrowful sight. A young mule deer was walking across our street, going from our neighbour’s lush lawn and aiming for ...

Michael Quan is like any other average Joe. He is a father of two living in California who had a regular office job. But unlike most of us, he was able to retire in his 30s. It only took him a decade of saving and investing. Michael jumped into the job market with a $42,000 annual paychec...

Humans often disagree on most things: from arguing over the best restaurant in town to the greatest footballer ever. However, most humans — ancient or modern, from the East or the West, living in the mountains or deserts — would agree that the ultimate purpose of any human endeavor is to...

A powerful social barrier is formed by wearing masks, and in many places there is even an antagonistic reaction to those who wear masks. Psychological, physical, and social experiences blend to create our reality, and all dimensions must be cared for. So, how can we enter this inherent space o...

There are plenty of tools that will save you a lot of time, or make your life somehow easier. We will cover one for taking your hand notes or scratches this time, but the authors killed its potential with an incorrect subscription model. Here is why it turns this otherwise great tool into an expensi...

My name is Nora and I’m excited to share my passion for Chinese language and culture with you through my project, ChinesewithNora. I was born and raised in China, and I am a native Mandarin speaker. My major in college was Chinese language and literature. Later, I became interested in ...