Gabriella Robles and Amanda Jones Jersey City has the second largest population in New Jersey, falling just short of Newark. With over 250,000 residents in the city, various groups have stepped up to make their home a more beautiful and efficient place to live. Whether it’s the city’s captivating street art, safer areas for kids…
Author: Gabriella Robles
Bare Naked Emotion: A Profile of Shannon Stoia
Greeted in her studio space, I was welcomed to sit on her soft yet overwhelmingly large bean bag chair; although, the clutter of her supplies made it difficult to shimmy myself into a comfortable position. Regrouping my thoughts, my eye catches a tattoo of a woman’s legs stretched out of a giant coffee cup on…
Autism Month: Raising Awareness
1 in 68 kids will be diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because of this, April has been named Autism Awareness Month and the United Nations has recognized April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day. Autism Speaks, an autism advocacy organization that sponsors research and outreach activities describes the…
Gabriel Pacheco: Creator, Fixer, Teacher
By Gabriella Robles, Class of 2018 In the autumn air of October, the mother of 6 year-old Gabriel Pacheco did what many mothers do during this season. She bought her son a Halloween costume. It was a hawk costume, which came with a jumper outfit and a plastic mask— the kind that covers only the…
The Dirt on Jersey City 