Graduating during a pandemic is something I never imagined would happen to me. But here we are, one year and a half into a pandemic that shook the entire world, achieving a goal I didn’t always believe I could achieve. It somehow feels like a year...

You can change someone’s life if you believe in them just enough. That has happened to me countless times. I remember every single one of the people who helped me become the person I am today. Every. Single. One. My family, of course, will always...

The air was cold on the morning of Thursday January14th, and there I stood in line silently among hundreds of fellow El Pasoans, all of us waiting to get our first dose of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine.    After months of controversy, debate,...

Editor’s note: Elisa Dobler is a guest columnist working as a clinical counselor for UTEP’s Counseling and Psychological Services. We are now four months into 2021 and many people wonder out loud and to themselves: when are things going to be like...

Many families in the United States have faced hardships and struggles over the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While citizens of the United States are worried about their health, they at least have a better chance of surviving the virus, unlike...

March 11 marked one year since the United States declared the COVID-19 pandemic. Just like last year, the video-sharing app TikTok continues to be the app most people have turned to during quarantine. The app remains a space where people go to share opinions...

As 2020 began, and just before COVID-19 struck, 21% of top-level leadership roles were held by women, and 3% of that by women of color, according to LeanIn.org. Change is happening, albeit slow, and seemingly dismal, but these statistics represent a 3.7...

The pandemic has affected us all at some level.  Some of us have family and friends who have been infected by the COVID-19 virus, also known as the corona, rona, and “el virus.” For working women with children at home, the virus has had an impact...

Some can argue the impact of institutional racism has on advancement within all sectors and industries may have been somewhat diminished. Nowhere does the stark discrepancy of opportunities for advancement by people of color illuminate itself as sport...

Cartoons featured in The Prospector’s Valentine's Day issue, Feb. 2, 2021.  

Most people might be too familiar with the cliche and often-time overused phrase of “before you assist others, always put your oxygen mask on first.” This by all means is not overused on an airplane, but most definitely is when talking about self-love....