Essays

April 2026

How I Learned French in Six Weeks With Hypnosis

I had a six-week internship in France.

August 2025

What a 4-Month Euro Summer Feels Like

I'm in a coffee shop right now in Oklahoma, wearing shoes I bought in Portugal and pants I bought in Turkey.

June 2025

Camino de Santiago

The Camino, in many ways, is just like life.

March 2025

The Biggest Party in the World

Carnaval is nonstop chaos, nonstop partying - but there are many moments when you are a few Xeque Mate cocktails in, dehydrated yet quite drunk, and you take a second to notice what exactly where you are.

February 2025

Bartending in a Party Hostel

It's 10:30pm on a Saturday in O de Casa Hostel, and I'm in the zone.

October 2024

Forever Young in Thailand

"Damn, it's over," I think to myself.

September 2024

Ten Days of Silent Meditation

It's the last night before we leave, and I'm chatting with some people outside.

June 2024

Why I'll Donate to Yale

The difference between America and the world, why its universities are so good at pumping out talent and boosting the economy, is its liberal arts education.

May 2024

Running a Marathon

Forever sealed into my memory will be the faces of the volunteers, the faces of the cheering spectators.

October 2023

What Being 21 Means to Me

One of my favorite historical idols to ever live is the rapper Juice WRLD.

June 2023

My First Blog in French

Pour moi, une de les choses plus amusants pendant le temps seul est pour etre etonne des petites choses, tout en voyant les grandes choses comme d'habitude.

May 2023

Your Story

If I had to name the biggest personal takeaway, however, it's that being abroad has influenced my ability to see the story.

February 2023

Auschwitz

Auschwitz is one of those places that when you learn about it, it's hard to believe it's real.

May 2020

How I Used Hypnosis to Get Into Harvard and Yale

Fewer than 200 students in the world receive this letter each year. I've told this story to 7 people.