My mom shoved me into the car again. I didn’t know where we were going this time. I was only six and already didn’t know… Read More
College Essay: One Thousand Miles
January 2019 Magazine Articles
North News: New Stories and a Real Truth
Kenzie O’Keefe grew up in St. Paul. She now lives and works in North Minneapolis as editor and publisher of North News. “We’re just trying… Read More
College Essay: I Am Because They Are
It was an early Saturday morning in September 2007, and I sat on the couch with my parents, coddled in their arms. I stretched my… Read More
ThreeSixty Focus on . . . Star Tribune Media Critic Neal Justin
At a time when the president of the United States labels many media organizations as the enemy, Neal Justin fights for adolescents to share their… Read More
College Essay: My “Right Way”
My whole life there have been expectations about how to live the “right” way, even though the “right” way wasn’t my way. The “right” way… Read More
College Essay: Sum of All My Parts
Korean. Korean adopted. American. Immigrant. All powerful words that make me who I am. People sometimes ask me when I knew I was adopted. My… Read More
“Not My Thing to Give Up”
Every night at 8:30 p.m., the lights went out. I didn’t have a say. At the Bridge for Youth Homeless Shelter in Minneapolis, my freedom… Read More
How One Boy Group Changed My View on K-Pop
It was a Sunday evening in November 2017, and I was preparing for the next school day. My family’s TV was turned on to Channel… Read More
When One School Closes . . .
In the final few days before my sophomore year, I suddenly received the news that my school, Minneapolis College Prep, had closed. I was lost…. Read More
