

Jiezel Nara: "I went on a solo trip to Havana with only 200 dollars in my wallet, thinking I co
During my study abroad at Upenn, I went on a solo trip to Havana with only 200 dollars in my wallet, thinking I could use my credit...


Gabriel Chan: "If someone were to ask me what my secret to happiness is, the answer would be to
I’m a high school drop out. One day in my 3rd year I decided that it would be more conducive to my general happiness if I stopped going...


Edward Gibbens: "If you just spend your life thinking “It’s not gonna last long, there’s no poi
My first girlfriend helped me see how nasty people could be. My second girlfriend showed me that some people can just take from you and...


Professor Mathew Thompson: "the important part is always being able to allow a little bit of ma
After completing graduate school in the States, I came to do research in Japan where I met my wife one night at a Halloween party. We...


Natalia Salgado: "At that moment, I promised myself that I had to start really living my life..
Five years ago, I got into a car accident. People say that right before you die, your life flashes before your eyes, and that’s true. But...


Hiromu Tanaka: "My dream is to find my favorite place with my favourite person, to live the lif
The summer of 2017. The last summer of my teens. I decided to go on a backpacking trip across east Europe for a month. Before the trip,...


Kaito Mori: "That was when it hit me- work should be about doing something I'm crazy about
2017 was a year of defeat. Though I’ve been managing my own business from before university, in my sophomore year I decided that I wanted...


Professor Matthew Strecher: "Remember that you will get used to them, but they will never get u
I come from Minnesota, the whitest place I’ve ever been, and I’m not just talking about the snow. The population demographic in our city...


Daichi : "She told me “finally, it feels like an international housing event, compared to the l
It was already 2 in the morning when we had finished setting up decorations and posters the day before the “Triangle Festa” at the...


Dean Nakano Koichi: "I never felt truly at home anywhere in some ways."
I never felt truly at home anywhere in some ways. My first aspiration was to become a novelist when I was a child. I loved reading books,...