Hello my name is Jason and I go by the pronouns he/him. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a latin community and lived surrounded by different cultures. However, most of my childhood I spent at my local soccer field playing soccer with my friends. Soccer holds a big part of my life and it is something I am really passionate about. I like to stay athletically active because it helps reduce my stress.

In 2020 I learned how to DJ. Coronavirus impacted the lives of many people. Everyone was told to quarantine to help avoid the spread of the virus and to stay safe. However, during these times I learned how to DJ in my basement. I was into music and I found it interesting playing my favorite music. However my hobby as a DJ went to another level. My uncle owns a dj company which I feel like I got the inspiration from. He takes me to the event he is a DJ for so I can DJ with him. The picture represents me using the DJ controller to play music at a private event.

I am very dedicated. I feel like this shapes my identity. I don’t give up easily and work hard to accomplish my goals. My family has supported me with my decisions in life which I feel grateful for. I like to learn new things and explore new experiences. I never feel satisfied with anything I do because I feel like I can always do things better.

Hi! My name is Milosis, and I go by she/her pronouns. I love to binge watch tv shoes more than movies. I love to read books that are Sci-Fi or around that genre. I am currently a communication studies major and thinking about minoring in either Spanish or Spanish- English. 

I was born and raised half of my life in the Dominican Republic, until me and my mom came to live to the U.S. in 2009. I am bilingual I speak Spanish, and English. I am an only child and very family orientated, especially with my parents. Even though I enjoy my own alone time I love hanging out with my friends and making memories.  

At first, I may seem like a mean person from my face, but I am a genuinely nice and funny person. I am also a very caring person when it comes to my friends. Some people may describe me as outgoing and not shy, but I say I am a bit of both – Outgoing and Introvert. When I was in Highschool I had joined the student government club sophomore year all the way till junior year and junior year I was the grade representative. Even though I did not play any sports or tried out for any sports in Highschool, I love playing Volleyball for fun.

When you get to know and the more you do the first thing you will notice about me is that I am a highly organized person. I love being organized; it is something that my parents taught me growing up. I am a very punctual person when it comes to being at places at certain times. I sometimes like doing group work, but I prefer doing my alone work because my brain tends to think and work differently when it comes to group work (I like to take initiative and have an organized structure of the things). 

The picture below is a picture I took of a beach in the Dominican Republic las year. This picture reflects some aspect of my identity because every year we go to the Dominican Republic for the summer and every time I go, I always have an amazing time because not only and am I visiting family members, but I also enjoy being in the country I was born in. And visiting all the amazing places it has. 

My name is Yana, I go by they/them pronouns. I work at a juice/coffee shop, so if anybody wants I can make a little heart on your latte. I am currently a philosopher major, but also making my way towards discovering marketing field. 

In 2016, my family decided to move to the U.S., which has helped me discover my love for reading. I enjoy reading philosophical novels and autobiographies of influential historical figures. In addition to that, crocheting is something that brings me peace and joy. There is something about the consistency of the thread looping around itself. 

I try my best to help out my loved ones, and the people around me. I was part of the activism club during high school, where me and a couple of other students organized an “AP inequity” project. We were helping out students with low financial income status to pay off their exams, by providing them with different resources; as well as creating petitions. This project had a significant influence on who I am today, and introduced me to a lot of great people. 

My parents always wanted me to do some sort of physical activities: soccer, synchronized swimming, track and a bunch of other sports. I hated all of that. I am not really an active person, I am more passionate about art. Even though I do not know how to draw, I enjoy learning about it and come up with different creative drawings. In October, I will be helping out my friend with a photoshoot for her art school. I believe that art is a form of self expression that makes our world a beautiful place. 

This photo was taken during my trip to the city Kemerovo in Russia. I was visiting my grandmother.It was a three day train ride, where I got to spend all that time by myself.  I could still recall the peace anf happiness I felt on that train. 

The short story “ the first day” while reading it ,I had enjoyed how the author had written what she had seen around her and how she had described everything in a unique way that makes the reader picture the storyline. What I had noticed the most while reading would be the fact that it had elements of figurative language such as how it was a methopter when the narrative was describing her surrondings. Not to mention the strong use of imagery in which I had enjoyed the most. It had been a very impactful short story in which I had a connection with it as to the fact that I had a similar mom in which she had always wanted the best for me in growing up especially when it came to education. By that I was related to the main character ,The mom had demonstrated in the short story how she had been very determined and showed strong character traits in order for her daughter to go to the school that she had believed was the best for her daughter in which is admirable though the question i would ask is what had happened between the mother and the daughter?Was the school not the best?

My name is Gissele and my pronouns are she/ her . I love to read books in my free time espacily romance ,classics and novels.I am a passionate person in the career that i am forced on in which i am very excited about. I would like to describe myself as a determine person, When i put my mind into a taskI hope to Complete it to best my potential. I am an extravet and love to talk to people and meet new people. I always have an opinion when it I comes to reading and in articles and love to discus about it. Some hobbies that i have would be I that I paint, in oil, as well as acrylic paint. I would describe myself as a person that is trying to become more organize in the long-term of the years of College as well as out side. I am a natural leader ,by that i I help my peers in my team and well mange a difficult task that are brought up. Another way to describe myself is that I am creative when it comes to any area such as arts, writing and ideas. I would say that I had gained these character traits by the fact that i would always do arts and crafts when i was younger. The picture below would be my dog whose name is max in which i adore the most and always find an opportunity to take a picture especially when that picture was when it was his birthday.

“The first day” by Edward P Jones is a story about a African-American mom taking her daughter to school for the first time. Throughout the story the daughter becomes progressively more ashamed of her mom, the reason she becomes ashamed is because she’s realizing that her mom is a smart or as fortunate as the other mothers. Not only is the daughter ashamed of her mother, but the mother is also ashamed of her own self. Overall, this is a very sad story. As the mother and daughter are entering the school, the daughter automatically starts pointing out the differences between them and the other families. She describes the other parents like people from the Ebony magazine. What are Ebony magazine is, it’s just a very fancy magazine where people are very well dressed and put together. They are much more fortunate than many of us are and they have money for whatever they want in life. In the text the daughter is describing this lady with hair curlers in her hand, instead of actual curlers they are rolls of money. Now the mother can’t fill out the form by herself so she hast to ask someone for help, she ends up asking the person with the money in her hair. Which might be very uncomfortable for the mom. One thing I might identify with in the story is just not being as fortunate as some of the other students in my school because they got to go in to parent teacher conference with their actual mom. Unfortunately around the age of seven my mother got very sick. Thankfully my older sister got to sort of take my mother’s place and become the person in charge which I am so grateful for. Even though this is a very sad short story, it was a very interesting read.

“The First Day” by Edward P. Jones is a story of a little girl who was being registered for school by her mother. However, the story is told from the perspective of the girl. The author wrote the story from the point of view of this young girl to allow the readers to understand the moments that took place in the story. He does this by providing a lot of imagery details. For example, when the girl was getting ready to attend the first day. This moment was told in the perspective of the girl however, it was not in the present tense but instead it was a memory she looked back to. In the story the girl says, “in an otherwise unremarkable September morning, long before I learned to be ashamed of my mother” (Jones 1). This quote delivers the understanding that she is referring back to a moment in her life that involves her mother. However, this story does not just generally center on the girl but on the mother too. By the girl explaining all the moments of her first day of school we learn many interesting things about the mom. For instance, she is a single mother, she also doesn’t have the skills to read probably because she did not receive an education, and lastly she is not the wealthiest either. Regardless, the mother did not stop from trying to find the best education for her daughter. I was able to connect to this story because my parents aren’t the best when it comes to education. I have received the education that many members of my family were not able to relieve. The mother showing the care she has for her daughter reminds me of my mother. Mainly because I know that my mom would be determined to help me shape a better future. Which is why I value my family and my education.

The story “The first day by Edward P Jones” was very interesting read. One observation that stuck out to me were how the story was actually past tense and not present tense as when reading the lines “I am carrying a pencil, a pencil sharpener” made me think she was giving her experience presently, but she actually wasn’t. When I reread the story from the beginning she made it clear she was talking about the past when she says “long before” Some details from the text that made a strong impression on me was the fact that her mother was illiterate as stated in page 2 paragraph 6 “Would ifou help me with this form? That is, if you don’t mind.” This made feel a strong sense of empathy because similarly when I was growing up I would see my parents struggle to fill out forums when going to the doctor and school since they weren’t fluent in English and writing they too would ask for assistance just like the daughters mom did in the story. The authors breakdown of the daughters entrance to school make it seem as if it was a very important step in her life. The author writes how the mother spends a long time dressing her daughter up with new clothes and does her daughter hair uncommonly by spending an hour to get her hair right which she normally doesn’t do and an even puts perfume on her daughter. Entering the Seaton Elementary School the author now shows a different view of the situation. Based on the first page in paragraph 3 it says that the school that they are going to enroll in is not near where they live and the daughter could not find any of her friends near the school either. In the school the Mother gets into a conflicting argument with one of the guards of the school who says they cannot admit her daughter to the school since they are from a different neighborhood after a long conversation of going back and fourth of the viewpoint of both the guard and the mother the mother and her daughter leave with no prevail. This implies that the author description makes out the entrance to the school to be a special day to then ending it off with a fail of not being able to attend the school. One element of this narrative that I can sympathize with is the setting of this narrative since as as I got older I had to attend institutions that were farther and farther from where I lived similarly to how in this story the daughter goes to a different place to go to school.

Hi! My name is Dora and I use she/her pronouns. 

The picture I attached is a picture of me with my lego panda. I wanted to share this because I enjoy building legos. I love working on hands-on projects like lego-building but my hobbies also extend to other creative projects like model-building and paper-folding. 

Here’s a bunch of facts about me:

I can be extroverted and introverted. I am friendly with many people but not friends with many people. 

I love eating and trying new cuisines. I am unfortunately allergic to strawberries. I quit seafood for 2.5 years because I watched a Netflix documentary that told me to (I regret this). I love pickles and cucumbers but hate tofu. If you catch me staring into space I am most likely thinking about what I want to eat. 

I value experiences over coursework. Volunteer coordinator, server, translator, tutor, and campaign intern are some jobs I had the privilege of having during high school. This is my way of learning, and I think my time spent doing these extracurricular activities taught me more than any class ever will. I still care about school- just not as much. 

I am competitive but not necessarily athletic. I did competitive track for three years and hated it. Unsure why I did that to myself. I will complain if I have to walk up more than 2 flights of stairs. I do enjoy a good game of most ball sports. 

I chopped off 12 inches of my hair during quarantine because why not. I enjoy looking like a dad on vacation. I dress more masculine but I would say I have many feminine traits if you look harder. I enjoy being both masculine and feminine because I get the best of both worlds. 

I’m not religious but I am spiritual. That pretty much means I believe in the existence of a higher power but I’m unsure exactly what that is. Instead of praying to a specific god, I just call out to the universe. 

I dislike living life by the terms other people set for me, like grades or unrealistic expectations. I hope to grow the definition of “me” through value exploration, meaningful experiences, and insightful coursework . I want to leave Baruch with a strong sense of identity.