"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
– Dr. Seuss

 

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Guess health and personal care are not priorities in grad school…

Content to be added slowly… I’ll give it another year :)

View fullsize A final graduation photo with the family and a few moments from the hooding on stage with my dissertation advisor Dr Haeny Yoon! Niki was so ready to leave after a very long day—understandable! We had a shared moment on stage that was… l
View fullsize Having done so much writing in the past few months, I’m really struggling with this caption! So simply put: I feel so grateful and relieved to have “made it” through the most challenging academic pursuit I’ve taken on so far.
View fullsize I will always cherish learning but I think I’m finally done being a student 👩🏻‍🎓 It has been a few years since I have posted but with my 7-year doctoral journey at @teacherscollege culminating in a convocation celebration on May 21, 2025
View fullsize I feel like a whole new person here in Croatia! Probably a combination of Mediterranean sunshine, uninterrupted night sleep, a REAL break from being a grad student, not living in leggings and slouchy shirts! Finally making time for a vacation and we
View fullsize Hello hello! 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m surfacing again after what appears to be a 7-month hibernation period. Though truthfully, I’ve done everything other than hibernate. The months after Niki’s birth have been the most trying—physical
View fullsize There is actual light at the end of the tunnel. Joyful light! I took this photo Tuesday morning, my last day of assembling my lit review on the table, having my version of a “dinner table conversation” with scholars. Later that afternoon,
View fullsize It has been a couple weeks since my previous share. I honestly don’t know where time is going. When October started, I said I’d stroll the South End and take lots of fall photos. It’s now November and I pretty much forgot about Hall
View fullsize So I think it’s time that I share an update, after many many weeks of keeping to myself and moving through life acting as though life hasn’t really changed for me 😝. I don’t often post photos of myself, did not grow up as part of t
View fullsize August is a month of many birthdays for many members of my extended family—my mom, sister, cousin, mother-in-law, Max’s godson (his brother’s kid)... In my memory, birthdays were never such a big event in childhood. Sure, I had my f
View fullsize My monstera has been the star of my IG for much of this summer, and deservedly so—she’s gone through a lot, beginning with a stressful move. Maybe it’s a COVID thing but I’ve found myself really enjoying just being indoors, wi
View fullsize Hello everyone! Every once couple of months I post a rare photo of myself (I have so few) to put a face to my voice in an attempt to humanize my writing. I thought I’d pop in again now since it has been 1.5 months since my husband Max and I mov
View fullsize This weekend came and went with the snap of a finger. Max and I watched the Euro cup 2020 final and took a stroll through the neighborhood before it started raining again. Yesterday, we walked to the North End of Boston, which is basically “lit