Building My Presence Matters More Than I Thought One of the biggest takeaways I got from my strategic presentation course is how important it is to actually build my presence, not just talk about what I want to do. Before this class, I had ideas, projects, and goals, but I wasn’t really putting myself out there in a consistent way. Using platforms like LinkedIn and building my own website showed me that how I present myself matters just as much as the work itself. It’s not en

Looking back on this course and the program overall, I think the biggest thing I am taking with me is learning how to move with more intention. It was not just about finishing assignments but about thinking about my future and how everything connects to what I want to do long-term. One of my main takeaways is the importance of building and maintaining a personal brand. I learned that it is not enough to have good work. You also need to present yourself consistently across dif

One of the best trips of my life was when I went to Hong Kong for 5 days with my roommate Manuel from Singapore and my friends Carlos from Washington and Mathis from France. We were all studying abroad in Korea and decided to just go for it. The crazy part is we basically backpacked the whole trip with no hotel or Airbnb. Every day we were just figuring things out as we went. We still did a lot of the main tourist stuff like going to Victoria Peak and exploring different isla

Step 1: Accept where you are and be real about it Japan, 2025 (Photographed by Ace Winters) Sometimes things just suck and there is no way around that. But being at your lowest point is not the end, it just means there is only one direction left and that is up. Instead of running from it, face it. Understand what is going wrong and why. When you accept your situation, you take control of it. That mindset shift matters more than anything. Step 2: Start now, not later (Photogra