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The Pandemic’s Impact on Adolescent Mental Health and how to Overcome it
If you are a middle school, high school or college student - let’s have a chat. March, 2020. The COVID pandemic strikes. The entire world...
Luah Basso Pagliuso
Mar 30, 20214 min read


Thank You, RBG
It felt like I only stepped away from my phone for a mere moment, yet when I saw my lock screen, there was a flood of texts, calls and...

ciara regan
Sep 21, 20203 min read


Quarantine and Beauty
Since the day when my twelve-year-old self was able to convince my parents to allow me to apply makeup (my starter was a Too Faced...

ciara regan
May 19, 20204 min read


housebound thoughts
As I sit at my laptop writing this blog post, I am curled up in a wicker chair, taking in the late afternoon Southern California sun. I...

ciara regan
Mar 28, 20203 min read


katie's story
Katie is currently working alongside two peers to restart GW Hero, an on campus organization focusing on mental health. Katie’s father...

ciara regan
Oct 24, 20192 min read


how many will it take?
On March 23, 2018, on the eve of a planned trip into New York City with a few friends to walk in the March for Our Lives, I received a...

ciara regan
Aug 5, 20193 min read


I visited an immigration detention center
On Friday, July 12, during a period of ICE raids taking place in cities across the country and in the midst of a nationwide immigration...

ciara regan
Jul 16, 20193 min read


Keeping busy during the summer
I have now just recently learned that returning home following my freshman year of college can be tougher than I originally expected....

ciara regan
Jun 24, 20193 min read


reflecting on my freshman year
As I sit here in the library waiting for stories to come in for my job fact-checking at the school newspaper, I cannot help but scroll...

ciara regan
May 18, 20193 min read


A personal take on the crisis in venezuela
Fabiana Avendaño was eight years old when she and her parents fled Venezuela. Avendaño recalls her family packing luggage to visit Panama...

ciara regan
Apr 23, 20193 min read


Le feu à Notre Dame
My phone buzzed during my geology lecture and I looked down. My mother sent me a Google link with the words “Aaack.” What did that mean?...

ciara regan
Apr 15, 20192 min read
My response to maryann white's letter
Maryann White’s letter expressing her opinion on the group of women wearing leggings and higher cut tops in church resonated strongly...

ciara regan
Apr 11, 20192 min read
The article i wrote that earned a scholastic silver key award (2018)
Trump’s Presidency, Through the Eyes of a High School Student: Watching Donald Trump rise to power was a long and draining process. Long...

ciara regan
Apr 3, 20196 min read


What I stumbled upon yesterday
Hi readers! As you know, I study in Washington, D.C. Living in such a vibrant city comes with many perks, the best of which I believe to...

ciara regan
Mar 24, 20192 min read


Tips and Tricks for Campus Success
By now, you’ve read a bit about me and have probably realized that I am a freshman in college. With my second semester status comes new...

ciara regan
Mar 18, 20193 min read


Who even is she?
Hi new blog readers! Before I posted my first blog, I thought I’d tell you a bit of my story. I’ll begin with my first identity crisis:...

ciara regan
Mar 13, 20192 min read
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