Keep working hard, trying, moving. Keep doing the best you can and don't give up.
Author: mariacristinasanfeliu
I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write.
I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer.
I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book.
Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.
When that photo was taken, 3 years ago, my family says I weighed like 90 pounds. I am skinny, but I never thought I would get that skinny. I had never looked like that. That was and is not me. My mom still gets sad when she just thinks about this. I got that way … Continue reading I won’t stop, can’t stop doing everything I can to be myself again
I am that girl I am the girl who has been rebuilding herself for three years. I am the girl who didn’t want to give up and won’t give up. People saying no won’t stop this girl. People said this girl wouldn’t be able to do it, but she did. This girl works hard and … Continue reading #iamthatgirl
September, you have been good to me in the past, you brought me back home during the most difficult time of my life. I am looking forward to what you will bring me this year, but I hope it's something good, like a job.
This is what I wanted three years ago. Apparently I got distracted by a lollipop and I wanted the world to know this. I still have to be cured, but it's not as easy as it sounds. It's not a cold, it's not a headache. I still need help and I … Continue reading Keep calm and you will get better
Listen to this I love hearing this when I go to bed every night. It means I'm home. It's the beautiful sound of my island. You can't say that's not a beautiful and incredible sound. No one can, because that's just what my home and culture are all about, beautiful and unique things … Continue reading Just listen
Fix your flat tire and keep going.
Third interview and I think I was more nervous than the other two before. Why? Well I kind of knew what to expect, I still didn’t know if I said what they wanted to hear. I thought it would be good to know what they were going to ask, but it wasn’t. It just made … Continue reading Third Interview: Before and After
Yesterday I got a call from the first job I applied to, calling me for an interview tomorrow morning. This is unbelievable. I have had three interview in my search for a jog. Three interviews! I applied for more than three jobs, but I was hoping I would be called back from at least one. … Continue reading I can’t believe it, another one!
I just got home from visiting my brother and meeting his new dog, the most adorable little ball of fur. I’m in love and I just wanted to bring the dog home with me. Just being around that adorable little thing made me so happy. I didn’t care about anything else; I almost ignored taking … Continue reading The happy new member of our family
I had never been on a diet, I had just heard about them, but never even thought about going on a diet. It always sounded like such a torture, and why? That was until the day I decided I needed to go on a diet. It all started the day I decided to give up … Continue reading I tried, I failed
I just finished a job interview. I wont say where, or what the job was, but it went well, or at least I think it went well. At least it went better than my last interview. Here I was calm and comfortable. Before the interview I was very nervous, during the interview I felt calm, … Continue reading Another interview
It's old news, but I get so happy every time I see it. This was when I realized, after the accident, that I had been accepted at Newhouse to do my masters in journalism. I had gotten the letter of acceptance before the accident, but I didn't remember. I still don't remember getting it, my … Continue reading When I realized I was accepted
I didn’t get called back after that fist interview I went to, but at least I know what to expect at an interview. I got one other response, they wont be interviewing until the beginning of September, but at least I got a response. They want people because they are opening the business so everyone … Continue reading No call back, still looking
I just spent the whole day walking. I was wearing very comfortable shoes, and I didn't feel tired; until I stopped walking. That's when it hit me. I was exhausted, I felt it as soon as I sat down in a very comfortable chair in my grandpa and grandma's house. There was a lot of … Continue reading I was walking all day, now get ready for lazy Sunday
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