I was 17 years old when I applied to Harvard. My guidance counselor pulled me aside the day a recruiter came to my city high school for an info session. She was a Black woman and my mind was blown. I didn’t even know Black people went there. It had just been a “reach” school up… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Now important to note: my high school was racially diverse but suffered from academic tracking. Most AP and honors classes had white or non-Black students in them, while most Black students were in “regular” classes.

I got tested for Coronavirus this week and it was the most stressful 72+ hour stretch of life... As some of my Twitter fam may know, I attended a journalism conference a couple weeks ago to advocate for self-care. Earlier this week we got notice that an attendee tested positive for Coronavirus.