This past Thursday, seeing the three hour break I had as an opportunity to do some “exploring” around campus, I decided to attend the Latinx Heritage Month Opening Ceremony celebration on the second floor. While the idea of meeting new people who were also Hispanic like me, since I have come across many in the two weeks I have been at Baruch, ultimately it was the free food and beverage that further convinced me to attend. Going with my best friend, who is also Ecuadorian like me, what first caught our attention was the good Spanish music the DJ was playing. Hearing the bachata, merengue, and salsa songs made me nostalgic and refer back to the many Hispanic parties I have been to. I then saw the various clubs that were trying to grab the attention of other students. For me, those clubs were the Ecuadorian Club and LASO club, who was giving out free salami, platino, and chicken, which I gladly accepted. I also enjoyed the photo booth and dancing contest that were at the event, which made the experience more fun than I thought it would be. All in all, I am happy to say that my first Latinx Hertiage Month event was very pleasing for me. In the time I have been at Baruch as a new freshman, I have had the fortune to gain a new circle of friends from different backgrounds. Yet, I would always walk around and see some of my Asian friends with their Asian friends or my brown friends with their brown friends. I guess you could say that this Hispanic event, which aims towards bringing together other people from different Latin backgrounds together, made me feel like not as much as a stranger and where I could make my mark as a leader in the Hispanic community here at Baruch. Thus, I became intrigued by the messages and goals of both clubs, and hope to eventually become a member of at least LASO by attending their first General Interest Meeting next Thursday.