I remember my childhood fondly: looking out the window at a beautiful lake, watching the latest Nickelodeon cartoons on a big flat screen TV, driving… Read More
College Essay: How My Mother Inspires Me
Sanchez Avila Is 2019 ThreeSixty Scholar
Heidi Sanchez Avila is the 2019 ThreeSixty Scholar! She receives a full-tuition, four-year scholarship to study Communication and Journalism at St. Thomas starting in the… Read More
College Essay: I Became a Leader in a Police Uniform
I slumped in my swivel chair in the police department’s stuffy conference room, contemplating what to do if there was a difficult situation. I imagined… Read More
College Essay: My Baby Brother’s Battle
June 21, 2011, the doctors said he wouldn’t make it. They said he would never be normal. They said he had a 20 percent chance… Read More
College Essay: The World Inside My Bedroom
Most people have a home to go to at the end of the day, but not everybody has a special room in that home where… Read More
College Essay: Loving My Own Skin
I get STUCK! I don’t know what to do. I don’t believe in myself. I don’t even understand ME! Is she better than me? Yea,… Read More
Cristo Rey Takes on Boot Camp
ThreeSixty Journalism hosted a College Essay Boot Camp in April for 19 Cristo Rey Jesuit High School students. The students attend the four-day camp at… Read More
College Essay: Feminist, Activist, Changemaker
“What does that mean, Mommy? Why are you crying, Mommy?” My first words that left my mouth when Trayvon Martin was killed. I was 10… Read More
College Essay: My Parents’ Sacrifice Makes Me Strong
Growing up in a first-generation immigrant family, I witnessed my parents’ hard work ethic and challenging traditional Mexican customs. My parents migrated from Mexico as teenagers… Read More
College Essay: My Mom Taught Me to Never Quit
I slouched in my brand new car seat. My 6-year-old bottom started to hurt from sitting too long, and my stomach started to make funny noises. “Are we… Read More
College Essay: I Will Protect Families Like Mine
March 21, 2014, my dad went to court. As my family and I got to the 7th floor just before my parents entered the courtroom… Read More
TV Camp Partners Honored
On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the Minnesota Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Classics Awards Banquet, PRSA doled two awards to Padilla for its summer… Read More
Panel’s Advice: Get Creative, Diversify
The second day of the Truth and Transformation: Changing Racial Narratives in the Media conference featured a panel discussion on how change in racial narratives… Read More
College Essay: A Nightmare Changed My Life Forever
My quinceañera was supposed to be the day I shine. It turned out to be a nightmare that changed my life forever. After almost a year of… Read More
Life-Changing: Meeting a Superwoman
There are a couple of things that Maria Hinojosa and I share in common: First, we’re strong Latina journalists who aren’t afraid to use our… Read More
Alumna Tells Stories of Invisible
“Since I was young I wanted to write but I didn’t know what,” said ThreeSixty Journalism alumna Katelyn Vue. She has since found the what…. Read More
