Category: Student Work

I am Dhanesh Persaud, but most people call me Dan for short. I am 17 years old and was born on December 4th. I recently graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School with my certification in Cybersecurity and IT fundamentals …

I am Nyazia Bremby but no one can ever pronounce my name so i just go by Nya. I graduated from Susan E. Wagner High School. I was born and raised in the Bronx before i started to move around …

Hi, my name is Sindy Jerez. Usually, people write my name with a “c” instead of a “s”, it’s not very common. Most of the time people always say how they haven’t seen it spelled that way before, so I …

Hey, my name is Jahnice Roche. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I have a name that isn’t so common but is still unique, which I love the most. People usually mistake my name pronunciation as something …

Hey my name is Dessire Perez and I am 17 years old. I’m a part of the first generation in my family to be born in the U.S ; While both of my parents come from the Dominican Republic. Every …

I am Diego Lopez. I am a Chicano, which is a term that defines U.S. born people of Mexican descent. I am fortunate enough to be fluent in both English and Spanish. I am the eldest of three boys. I …

I am Priyanka Ashley Komal. I graduated from Queens Collegiate in Jamaica Highschool. I got my name from my grandfather that died after a year or two after I was born. My name was a debate with my grandmother whether …

I am Jizelle Thompson but y’all can call me Christine. My mother wanted to name me something common but my grandmother (father’s mother ) wanted something unique. I come from a pot of cultures but mainly Trinidadian and Indian. Around …

I am Joshua Adepegba. I was born April 17. I just graduated from Equality Charter High School. I am a Mechanical Engineering Tech major at City Tech. I live with both my parents and older brother and younger sister in …