Don't Pump the Brakes

This past May was my official graduation from Columbia University . Even though I finished SPA last summer and officially graduated in October, Columbia only has one graduation each year, so here we are! As it has been said, " the hardest things in life are the most difficult to say, because words diminish them;" i t is honestly hard to articulate how incredible these last two years have been. I feel like it was just yesterday I was packing up to move to Teachers College for Summer I . These past two years have arguably pushed my thinking more than at any other point in my life. I am so honored to have made so many lifelong friendships, obtain some awesome  memorabilia for my future office , and even design a new school ! We were only given three tickets for graduation (or convocation , if you want to get technical), but I was able to get two additional tickets through my Columbia network. Invited were my parents, my sister, my mentor Marist Brother Seán Sammon ,