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Samantha Rullo

Samantha Rullo, 20, speaks rapidly with more than a little hint of a North Jersey accent. So quickly, it’s almost as if her mouth has trouble keeping up with her brain. It’s a feature she regularly apologizes for, the slightest crack of shyness and hesitation to be the center of...

 
 

Ryan James Hughes

Ryan James Hughes

Come what may. That’s the attitude Ryan James Hughes carries as he speeds through college and readies himself to enter the career world. Hughes, a 20-year old New York University journalism student, plans to graduate a year early and start working full time in the city. He allows his passions–...

 
 

Annie Park

Annie Park

When Annie Park, 20, decided to go to New York University, she thought she had her future all figured out: she’d study journalism, live in the city for the rest of her life, and work at a magazine. Now, two years into college, she’s studying an eclectic mix of Spanish,...

 
 

Natalie Adeeyo

Natalie Adeeyo

Natalie Adeeyo, a 21-year-old New York University student, is looking forward to the next step in her journey toward the mark she wants to leave on the world: helping people who cannot help themselves. And one thing is certain: this independent girl isn’t looking for anyone’s help to get there....

 
 

Nitasha Maindiratta

Nitasha Maindiratta

The first thing one sees when looking at Nitasha Maindiratta, 19, is her infectious and glowing smile. Fitting, as her friends would describe her right away as “giggly”. Originally from upstate New York, Nitasha considers New York City her home as her parents just put her childhood Long Island home...

 
 

Carrie Courogen

Though having to endure a series of bizarre circumstances and university bureaucracy, all while exhibiting a lot of perseverance, Carrie Courogen, 21 has finally ended up in her dream city and at her dream school. Formally a film major in Philadelphia at Temple University, now a double major in Journalism...

 
 

Mackenzie Gavel

Mackenzie Gavel

After enduring severe bullying through middle and high school, Long Island native Mackenzie Gavel, 20, is doing everything she can to help kids cope with the stress of it all.  Her blog, “Belittle the Bullies” is aimed at teaching kids that character outweighs popularity any day, and that as long...

 
 

Margaret Cohn

Margaret Cohn

As the fall semester of her senior year at New York University begins, Margaret Cohn is spending her time balancing classes, an internship, a job, and friends. She took an eventful road to get from her childhood in Miami, Florida to her senior year as a double major in Journalism...

 
 

Rachel Park

Rachel Park

When Rachel Park, 20, first watched Breakfast at Tiffany’s, she became obsessed with the classy Audrey Hepburn, enchanted by the glamorous New York City lifestyle, and dazzled by romance. When this Philadelphia-raised girl began researching colleges, she found the place of her dreams: New York University. While pursuing a major...

 
 

Marie Southard

Marie Southard

If NYU student Marie Southard ever writes an autobiography the title will be, “Wandering Through the Grays and Blues.” Southard has spent her life in a seemingly constant state of flux, as a child moving back and forth between New Jersey and Colombia. She experienced two entirely different cultures, and,...