Meeting new people. It’s something that has always made me nervous. Yet somehow, when meeting new people in the context of anything related to Texas 4000, I’m not quite as shy anymore. This past weekend our team spent a lot of time volunteering for the Austin LIVESTRONG Challenge, and even though we had just had […]

Today felt like Christmas morning. There’s no better way to describe it… You know that feeling you get in your gut because you know something great is coming your way? You know those chills you have when you’re running down the stairs towards the Christmas tree where you know something fantastic awaits? That’s exactly what […]

Well, life has been great, but school has been a bit busy this semester. I had been meaning to write this blog for a while now. So, of course there are three routes and unfortunately we can only ride on one of those routes, not all three which I would have loved. I really could […]

Every day, I try to ride “Carmen,” a bike my roommate so graciously let me borrow while she is living in India, to campus and back. Living on the East Side means two things: 1) HILLS. HILLS EVERYWHERE. and 2) I’m going to be extremely sweaty by the time I get to class. I was […]

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it” -W.M. Lewis Every cloud has a silver lining, and if there is one to cancer, this is it. No other disease seems to have the power to inspire people to reevaluate their life and do […]

Two weeks ago I participated in a fitness event called Tough Mudder. And just as the title describes, you have to be tough over a 12 mile course, while you wipe the mud out your eyes to battle 25 obstacles. I signed up for this event with a group of teammates and invited my oldest […]

Hey everyone! Just in case you haven’t seen it yet here is my personal testimonial. I hope you enjoy!

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If there is anything that I have learned in twenty-one years, it’s that I am blessed. I hope this blog can convey an ounce of the emotion I feel. It’s unfair how fortunate I am. Why me? Reid Joslin, one of my best friends, told me that at his great great aunt’s hundredth birthday, she […]

I have known Erika Almodovar for quite possibly as long as I’ve been in school. Did you move to Sugar Land in the 3rd grade? I think that’s it. Regardless, I’ve known Erika far longer than my memory allows. That’s a heck of a long time. But, what I do remember about Erika are the […]