He Writes

Below are my own writing samples, ranging from creative works and personal statements, to academic research papers and journalism assignments.

Web:

“One for the Books: Beavers lose in CUNYAC finals but make program history.”

The City College Beavers and the College of Staten Island Dolphins faced off on Thursday, February 24, for the 2017 CUNYAC Men’s Basketball Championship game in the Nat Holman Gymnasium.

Despite a close first half, the Beavers were unable to end their title drought, falling to the Dolphins 66–77. This game marked the third time these two teams met during the 2016–2017 season, with their first match in December and their second in January. Just like the championship match, the first two ended with a loss for the Beavers…

“Are you Alright? The climate of Harlem’s mental health remains questionable.”

In April, the New York Police Department’s ruled Judge Abdus-Salaam’s death as a suicide. This ruling sparked conversations all across the country, with many people not believing that the Harlem native killed herself. Though many refuse the NYPD’s ruling, others have gone ahead to promote the use of mental health services.

In Harlem, where Judge Abdus-Salaam lived, mental illnesses, lack of care and stigma, remain issues which affect the community. At a time in which more people are being diagnosed with mental illnesses, seeking care has become more important than ever…

“Susceptible at 16: The odds working against NYC teens could send them to adult-serving prisons.”

Young people in New York start to have the odds stacked against them as early as age 16. Like Kalief Browder, these children are left to slip between the cracks of a system working against them.

In 2010­­, 16-year-old Browder served an adult sentence on Rikers Island for supposedly stealing a backpack. He nor his family could afford his $3,000 bail, resulting in him spending 1,100 days incarcerated — awaiting a trial that never came…

Print:

Personal and or Creative:

Above is a personal statement focused on the misrepresentation of data as a result of gentrification.

Above is the final draft for Hunger Hits Harlem. This article spoke of food insecurity and how it negatively affects students nationwide. This draft was later published in print and used as the script for a student broadcast journalism project under the same name.