Hello, my name Darielle Gadsby! I am a student at Vassar College almost in my final year! I am originally from the small Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago but currently live in Brooklyn. My favorite hobbies are listening to music, trying new foods and traveling to new cities.

Here is the link to my name tale

Here is where I go to school

My name is Stephanie Osei-Sarpong. I am a student at Vassar College and an Education major! 

From: The Bronx, NY

Likes: Make-up, Everything Natural Hair, Singing, and Photography

Background: Ghanaian- American (Go Gold Coast!)

Hobbies: Youtube Tutorials, Editing and photography, Blogging.

Here is a link to my autobiography

Here is a link to my alma mater, Vassar College.

My name is Leonel, but you can call me Leo. I’m from the West Coast, specifically Inglewood, California, which is part of Los Angeles. I’m a son of Mexican immigrants and am bilingual. I love to blend the English and Spanish languages together in conversations with his friends. I love to read, write and listen to literature in various forms. I hope to combine languages in my poetry and tell and reimagine the stories he has seen/experienced with his family.

I love action and adventure movies and video games with amazing graphics like Call Of Duty. I played Varsity baseball and football in high school and love the LA Dodgers.

Here’s a link to my video story.

Here’s a link to Vassar’s webpage.

I am a 19 yr old sophomore at Vassar College. In the world outside of college I live on Long Island.

Here, I am a member of the swimming and diving team, and a member of the Barefoot Monkeys Circus Troupe. On the VC, team I am one of two female divers. In circus, I really like to hula hoop and spin fire.I am a chemistry major and I want to be certified in secondary education. I also want to declare a math major soon.

Other than that, I’m pretty much just an odd ball. I love listening to music, food and I absolutely love being with my friends.

You can see a link to my team here, swim dive and an example of our eclectic circus skills here, Firework

And here is a link to my lovely school, Vassar College

I also like Ke$ha, but this is my digital story, mycrazybeautifullife

My mother constantly reminded about how education in Vietnam was not free during her time and how she commuted two hours by foot everyday to attend class – from outside its windows. Raised by my immigrant family from Vietnam and inspired by my mother’s story, I decided that I want to work as an educator with people living in poverty, who may lack resources those with money have. As a first generation college student from the disenfranchised but culturally rich Bronx, I had the privilege of growing in a multicultural society where skin color and mother languages are not communication barricades, but hues and shades that form our identity. Through working in Vietnam and Asia, I want to bring the diversity that the Bronx gave me to Japan, a country with a strong desire for international exchange, but lack of resources to do so.

Having matriculated at Vassar College, located in Poughkeepsie just two hours north of the Bronx, I noticed how the town’s large immigrant population quite paralleled my own neighborhood. I continued to support what I believe in and decided to work for Urban Education Initiative, a group of Vassar programs that allowed me to actively help Poughkeepsie public schools. Through VAST, I created and managed the Yu-Gi-Oh Circle at Poughkeepsie Middle School, incorporating the trading card game as an afterschool activity for young gamers interested. I was also able to teach critical thinking through the mechanics of Yu-Gi-Oh, in addition to the importance of sportsmanship and fair play. Through VELLOP (Vassar English Language Learners Outreach Program), I worked as an assistant language teacher in classrooms with a high number of students learning English as a second language, focusing in freshman math classes. By using my own experience from bilingual community, I simplified complex problems into a tangible form, helping students solve problems through a logical approach.

My goal to become a better educator was cultivated even further through study abroad at Waseda University. Focusing on Japanese and English Phonetics and Phonology, I learned how to teach these languages to learners as a second language. Having taken many courses taught in Japanese, I encountered challenges international students feel when they study in the United States in a language besides their own. During my cultural practicum, I worked at Magokoro Net, a volunteer group located in Iwate whose mission is to reconstruct lives affected by the East Japan Earthquake. I worked in the heavily affected Rikuzen Takada, removing hardened debris that clogged up the town waterways; I also interacted with many survivors through chakai and matsuri, and though these conversations were in Japanese, my role as an international student allowed both sides to grow – conversations that working in education in Vietnam and Japan will allow me to continue engaging in.

During August, I organized and managed a camp with a fellow volunteer in Kita Senri called “Suimu Camp,” whose purpose was to give people from Fukishima psychologically affected by the disaster a chance to enjoy camping. As the only non-Japanese person, I was a window to the United States, a chance that they did not expect when they signed up for the camp. Through Magokoro Net and Suimu Camp, I showed many Japanese people that there are many people overseas with commitment to learning Japanese and its culture, while being able to show my own roots – that gaikoku is not scary at all. It is through working overseas in Vietnam and Japan that I will be able to continue working for an organization where my role as a foreigner is a cultural resource.

Following my passion to work in classrooms with students from multiethnic backgrounds, I will gain heavily through working in a foreign environment,, where adaptation to a multilingual environment is necessary. Having already started teaching at Vassar, I would like to someday attain special education certification at the graduate level, focusing on children with difficulties in language and reading development. It is through working overseas that I will reinforce the skills needed to value difference in others, using my language and culture abilities acquired through study abroad to continue contributing to Vietnam and Japan – countries that I continue to love so dearly.

Here is my website, the Shadow Nebula.

Hi my name is Prentiss. I am from Chicago, Illinois. I am majoring in Sociology with a double correlate in Educational Studies and Hispanic Studies. I love music, but I do not play any instruments. I love food and I wish I was able to cook more. I love animals, especially dogs. I have two of my own. One is a black lab and her name is Lucky. The other is a half maltese, half yorkie and her name is Belle. Finally, I love to travel and one day I hope to visit Japan.

Here is the link to my introductory autobiography

Here is the link to my alma mater, Vassar College

The name’s Taylor. I’m a sophomore at Vassar. I love performing and watching people perform, be they on screen or on stage. In my free time, I like to write — mostly songs, but sometimes stories too. I also play rugby, which is an absolute trip, but I would recommend it to a friend in a heartbeat. I’m also religious; I was raised as a Presbyterian Christian. And lastly, I hate talking about myself, which made this whole “writing a bio” thing way more painful than writing a few sentences should ever be. So, to end, I leave you with this bit of advice: semper ubi sub ubi.

Here is a link to my introductory autobiography.

Here is a link to the college I attend, Vassar College.