by Victoria | Jan 12, 2023 | writing samples english
Like so many others, I got introduced to yoga as a physical practice. A way to start my day, and keep my body moving. It soon became my home: wherever I woke up – you could’ve called me Jackie Kerouac in my early twenties – I would start my day with some type of asana...
by Victoria | Nov 20, 2022 | writing samples english
I don’t know how much further I can push. With every further question, I ask I am scared to step over that line of being too nosey. I missed the moment to tell the two ladies I am talking to that I am a journalism student. Here as a journalist. To be fair: they never...
by Victoria | Nov 14, 2022 | writing samples english
On the importance of constantly, always, checking in with yourself. Because what is best for you today might be poisonous tomorrow. Things that come to my mind when I think of learning things the hard way: my sister and the Bible, Karma and sex. Whenever I am caught...
by Victoria | Oct 31, 2022 | writing samples nyu
Take me back to the application It’s one of these places you know from the movies. One of these places that people come to, simply because they’ve seen it on screen. Some just take a picture and leave. Others come time and time again. Working, fantasizing, creating...
by Victoria | Dec 16, 2021 | Application
The first time I saw her, I was ten. She wore a black shirt that spelled “The Beatles”, a newspaper, a to-go coffee cup. She was the first movie character to inspire me since Peter Pan and – fittingly, considering her predecessor – I looked at her and knew: this is me...
