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
How One Boy Group Changed My View on K-Pop
All posts by Oyuna Uranchimeg
“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
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
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
College Essay: One Thousand Miles
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
