While living in Brooklyn, New York, for the summer of 2025, I worked as a copy editor for the non-profit Witness to Mass Incarceration. This position required careful framing of formerly incarcerated individuals’ stories in order to help them receive grant funding. I had to be aware of any judgments I may unconsciously have regarding …
During my summer in Arles, an international photography festival occurs from the beginning of July through September. Because the shows are spread across the city, the festival transforms Arles itself into a space for discussion and cultural exchange. It is not uncommon to see shop owners and curators mingling with jurors from Kodak. A once-quiet …
During my time in France, I became interested in the rise of the New Popular Front in the summer of 2024 and the way many artists, students, academics, and members of the creative class responded to Emmanuel Macron’s government. The coalition formed very quickly after Macron called snap elections following the far right’s major gains …
An experience I hold dear was seeing Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot at Le Méjan–Actes Sud, an independent theater in Arles, with my friend, who taught in my study abroad program, and her mother. Before the screening, my friend pointed out a local politician in the audience, which made the theater feel deeply connected to the intellectual and …
The summer before Junior year, I studied abroad in Arles, France. Located in the Camargue, the location is known for its history as part of Provence. On a field trip with my summer study abroad group, I went to the LUMA Tower in Arles. The tower is an art museum containing modern art in its …
