Hello everyone! Hope you are all enjoying the start to a new school year. One day as I was walking up to the 2nd floor, I was a sign showing all the LatinX events for heritage month. This caught my eye because it looked fun and because I knew I wanted to celebrate my culture with my peers. I decided to tell my friends to come with me to the opening ceremony and to the LatinX family feud. During the opening ceremony, they had plenty of activities in the lobby. The first thing they had was a table set up with tasty empanadas which were really good. They had other types of food there, but I couldn’t even go because of the long lines. Then they had a bunch of silly games we could play for prizes. During the entire event, they had Baruch radio playing a bunch of popular Spanish artists lie Romeo Santos and Bad Bunny. People ended up forming a circle in the middle for people to go in and dance. On the outside we all still danced even though my friends had no idea what they were dancing to. The whole event really made me proud to be part of such a rich culture.

The opening ceremony was organized well and made all the student life events look like they are worth my tuition dollars. Because of such an event, I’ve already went to the LatinX Family Feud with my friends which was also really fun. I also attended the LatinX meet & greet for a little bit as part of the Success Network program. I also plan on going to the other events like “let’s eat” and the “blind spot” performance. All of these events made me feel part of the Baruch community despite it being a commuter school.