Reina F McKenzie

Because I am who I am, I end up having a million and one misadventures, and end up doing everything in true "Reina" fashion. What is true...

This will sound uber cheesy, but there's nothing that makes me happier than to see people I know doing great things. My parents ask often...

Yesterday marked my last first day of school as an undergraduate when really I should be starting my first first day of school as a...

Several months ago, a childhood friend of mine sent me a message containing a blast from the past: a story we'd started as Sophomores in...

"A tongue full of only tomorrows will never quench your thirst for today" ~The Maine I was desperately trying to run after tomorrow...

If you've been following my blogs for a while, it should be none too surprising to you that I grew up as a Black girl surrounded by...

Welcome to Illinois--where the weather must be on something, because last year this time, it was frigid...and now we've got a heatwave....

For the first time in three years, I took a winter break. Normally, I take that month between semesters to work (cue Rihanna song), but...

It's pretty evident by the amount of pictures that June was my most exciting month of 2016. I stepped out of my comfort zone and ventured...

I wouldn't consider myself overly zealous and ambitious, but I do set goals, work towards them, and get them done. I do aim to be better...