Introduction

Hello! My name is Arpa Paiel and I am an 18-year-old freshman at City College of New York. it a struggle traveling from Brooklyn to the campus almost every day but CCNY was my first college choice so I am happy that I was accepted. (Even though the process was hella stressful and long.) I came to the U.S. at the age of 7 from a small south Asian country called Bangladesh. My birthday is on January 29th so I will be turning 19 in the upcoming year.