Sam's Sabbatical

Today, April 30th is the day that I should’ve come home from Florence. If things had gone to plan, my mom tells me that she would’ve met...

Coming to Italy, I had no background in speaking Italian. The closest thing I knew was Spanish, and I learned pretty quickly that in...

For as long as I could remember, I have always suffered from a severe case of Fear of Missing Out, commonly referred to as "FOMO". FOMO...

Pre-Departure Essay