In 2020 I returned to Syracuse itching to learn. I began to take on as much coursework as I could, especially after experiencing an event that could take my education away. In a month, I was a triple major between Newhouse and Maxwell, pulled in multiple different directions. Everything around me was focused, but I was in chaos. So, when sitting in the Maxwell Auditorium I wasn’t all there.
Because of my multiple majors and the isolation of COVID, I found that I didn’t really have a homebase in any school. Newhouse and Maxwell, when COVID wasn’t tearing through the community, are typically large families of students who support each other. But as a student between the two, I couldn’t commit to a side, so I felt left out in the cold.
