Michela Parisi

The fourth time I moved, I found myself alone in the middle of Florence, Italy. The time before that? College in Colorado. Before Colorado? The central coast of California. Before California? My parents' house. Sometimes, I thought the moves were…

Nearly a year ago, I was finishing my final stretch of college. Like most college seniors, I intensely studied all day in the library and all night in my apartment. I lived off coffee and the satisfaction of acing every test that came my way. I…

Want to know what it’s like to buy a one-way ticket to a foreign country for an indefinite period of time? When I told my family and friends I was packing up and going to Italy, I didn’t hear a single person say, "Why? That’s a bad idea." That’s…

If your freshman year of college was anything like mine, you were overwhelmed by going through this significant transition at a very young age. During the first week of school, I remember laying in my twin-xl bed at my out-of-state college with the…

We are raised in a society that frowns upon the immaturity of teenagers and views reckless behavior as a misunderstanding of life and a need for guidance. Think back to when you had your first taste of love. Maybe you realize now it wasn’t love, or…

After we move, we often find ourselves searching for pieces of home. It is terrifying to leave the safety of our parents' house to go to school, find a job, live on our own and make a new life. In these unfamiliar situations, bits and pieces of home…