Since summer 2024, I’ve been scouting new opportunities that could keep me afloat in both academia and media. It has taken me a year to figure out who exactly, in detail, I want to become and show up in these spaces - higher education and the publishing industry.

I don’t know how common it is for newly weds to feel a certain kind of connection shortly after they said in front of everyone they know “I do”. We had already committed to our love way before a minister was in front of us. All I did was crying of happiness during our ceremony. Just like in a movie, the one I had never watched when growing up.

As I’m writing up a new syllabus for the next semester and brainstorming new programs to offer a’ la carte I thought of bringing a map on the first day of the semester. Here’s why.

January, February, March, April, May: Spring 2024 will forever be one of the most eventful semesters in the books. Definitely the most peculiar one, since I got married just one week before finals season.

An intellectual yet pragmatic framework that suits the busy and unpredictable life plans of the next generations of scholars

We’re officially done. A whole semester has come to an end, which almost feels like a fresh start. It is with a smile on my face and warmth in my heart that I can finally confirm my second appointment at Lehman, teaching a similar course under the School of Arts and Humanities.

Through Aurora’s experience it was my intention to provide students a tangible and realistic example on how the collection of soft skills and creativity (as a problem-solving and strategic skill) can help an individual building successful business ideas, rooted in love, passion, and admiration felt at heart.

Students read and learned the story of Edward Enninful. For lots of them this was their first non-American Black author and fashion editor to come across.