Feeling Like a Loser Led To Being in a Book

I felt like a loser in college 😬

While most of my friends were at bars, I was interrogating frat guys about drug deals, investigating burglaries + writing articles till 4 a.m.

I was an editor/reporter at the University at Buffalo’s student-run newspaper, The Spectrum … and I was obsessed 🤓

But every time my friends said I needed to go out more, I felt guilty. Am I not making the best of college? Wasting my youth?

Looking back, I realize I was just following my gut.

Now, I’m glad I did.

That newspaper wound up leading me to national awards, an internship at ABC World News, a producing position at Spectrum News, a passion that would lead me overseas...

… and now, a spot in this textbook 😲

Professor Marcy Burstiner from Humboldt State University interviewed me about my 2014 article on illegal fraternities at the University at Buffalo. She wants to show students that even though they’re young -- they can *still* write groundbreaking investigations.

I’m not posting this to brag. I’m posting this to say you don’t have to do what everyone else is to “make the best” of college -- or whatever stage of life you’re in.

The “best” is following your gut. Making decisions that are hard in the moment, but fulfilling in the end. Who knows, maybe your decisions will wind up inspiring others. I really hope this book does!