Hi everyone! My name is Ryan Cox, and I am a Freshman at Baruch. I’d love for you to get to know more about who I am! Now, people who know me personally, know that I talk about my beloved France and Italy just about 24/7. Every year, I spend my whole summer visiting my mother’s birthplace of Corsica, a French Island in the Mediterranean Sea, and my family in Calabria, southern Italy. These summers have undoubtedly impacted every aspect of my life, and shaped the person who I am today. My yearly trips instilled a intense passion to travel and sparked my love for learning and speaking different languages. Most importantly, these trips have given me two very valuable perspectives on life. Growing up in New York City, we are often trained to go to school or work, commute home, and do the same the next day. This routine becomes so robotic and tedious, that it often doesn’t enable for time to truly enjoy life. Life in Europe, at least in Southern France and Italy, is drastically different. People take time out of their day to live their life to the fullest, whether that be spending time with family, or being outdoors with nature. Over the years, this principle has grounded me in my busy life as a New Yorker, and has made me realize that life is too short not to enjoy.

As a college student, I am looking forward to taking classes in which I actually see an issue or subject in a new perspective. Finding classes relevant to my life or my future is something I haven’t experienced in a long time! During my first semester, I look forward to adjusting to college life, and most of all being s organized as I possibly can. Hopefully I can keep procrastination at bay!

Until next time,

Ryan Cox