Wily Blog

In December 2018, I was sitting with my Wily Coach in the office of the Associate Chief of Student Mental Health. This had been the result of having a tumultuous year. In all honesty, I should have sought [...]

Novels have the ability to transform, illustrate and even inspire a new beginning. Learning about a person’s point of view or life story can lead [...]

She came to me last night in a dream. We were walking in Vermont, passing the circular tables & wooden chairs of Otter Creek Bakery. But the landscape was off. The bluegrass of the rural town had met the [...]

I had access to everything at MIT: table saws, metal cutters, soldering stations, and every tool you can imagine. At home I have…well…I have a table and a hand drill? As someone who loves tinkering, it has [...]

Last summer I studied abroad in Accra, Ghana. Though I'm a first-generation Nigerian, this was my first time on the continent and my first time being outside of the United States for a substantial amount [...]

This year capped off the last year in my decade spanning career as a wrestler. I didn’t know that in seventh grade when I showed up to the wrestling team meeting, that this wouldn’t be [...]

COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus. The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and has since been found in nearly every country. The World Health Organization has declared this a pandemic [...]

I struggle with these posts. It’s why I only have one other on the topic. Each time I sit down to write about anything that connects back to my past, I wind up crying [...]

I spent my sophomore year summer in Israel through the MIT International Science & Technology Initiative (MISTI). I knew that during my time at MIT I wanted to travel the world, especially if it’s free! [...]