TRACK: I am here with fellow sophomore student and journalism major, Yadira Gonzalez, on the 8th floor of the B-Vert building on campus. We were able to find a nice quiet spot to sit and have a small interview to discuss a few topics. To get the interview started I asked Yadira about what she liked to do outside of school.
ACT: Outside of school I like to read a lot and my other hobbies reading, I like to watch TV and I guess I like to draw. It’s not something that I do very often anymore but like when I was younger, especially over the quarantine that’s when I got back into drawing a little bit more. And I do love writing, that is definitely one of my biggest hobbies.
TRACK: Yadira goes onto explain what she like to write about.
ACT: So I journal, I have like a diary and I like journal in that as often as I can anytime that I have any free time. And I have been trying to get more into like fictional writing because I have never really been good at creative writing and I have been wanting to get more into that, but like for the most part I just mainly focus on like journalistic writing. You know to try to like improve that since that is my major.
TRACK: To sum up her overall stance when it comes to the genre of her writing, she explains that though she wants to explore the more creative side she sticks to a more journalistic side to writing.
ACT: I would like to write creatively more often, but for the most part it sticks mainly to the fact-based stuff.
TRACK: With this passion of writing, Yadira explains how this hobby of hers is what actually made her pick journalism as her major.
ACT: I think it was the fact that I liked writing so much and I thought this was like a good major that incorporated creativity and like real-world fact, meeting new people kind of stuff that so I think that is what brought me to journalism.
TRACK: With a major like journalism there’s much to gain and learn from that can be taken outside of a classroom or a newsroom. Yadira mentions how she would like to take the skills from journalism and bring to her everyday life.
ACT: Just being more outgoing and confident, trying to like be more curious about things just in life. I feel like I’m to to-myself a lot of the time and I think I should get more out there and I think journalism can help me with that. I think it can help me get out of my shell and just be brighter.
TRACK: Similar to many other students at Baruch and colleges all across the world, Yadira is hopeful for the future and is passionate about what she can bring to the table. For Baruch College, I’m Tatiana Brown.