FEMALE SPEAKER: Sometimes people let their emotions get to them too much and it clouds their judgment. They just probably get frustrated because they don't understand something. I believe that whatever problems you have at home, at work, you leave at home, at work. And when you come to school, it's a whole different ball game. You know, if you bring everything that is going on in the outside world to school, you're not going to concentrate and do as well as you want to.

So you have to try to keep a balance and set priorities. What is my priority at this moment? If you could learn to balance what is important to you and do that first, and then go from there, it makes it easier for you. It's less stressful.

And I've seen myself sometimes at the point, like, oh my god, I'm going to have a breakdown. This is too much for me to handle. But maybe sometimes talking to my professors, listen, I'm stressed out. What should I do? He's like, well we have counselors and we have people that could talk to you if you're depressed or if you suffer from anxiety. You know, it's common, it happens to everybody at a point in their lives.

Emotionally, at this point in my life, I'm strong. I know what I want and I go for it. Before, that was not the case. I had a lot of doubts. I didn't know I was capable of doing what I'm doing now, especially coming from a place that is completely different from here. Knowing and challenging myself every single day. Like, how can you go from a place that you don't speak any English at all to having to come to a place that everything is in English ?

My friends know it, but I didn't know it. So for them, it was easy, while for me, it was stressful. So it's like you have to make a balance. Try to keep as many positive people next to you because that will motivate you to keep on going.

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