Asian-American, Female, Story
Slugging Through Life It began before I could distinguish that the words I spoke to my parents did not share the same language my classmates spoke to their own with. That did not stop them from sitting with me during tests to look at my answers and it definitely would...
Asian-American, Female, Story
Untitled Growing up, I was very much obliviant as to what my parents’ background was really like until my freshman year of high school when we were assigned a project in my Asian American Studies class. The project required us to interview an immigrant we know,...
Asian-American, Female, Story
A Different Lens of Perspective “Let’ focus on food justice!” “But homelessness is also a big issue and I think we should focus on that.” During the summer of 2016, I was part of CORO, a summer leadership program that not only taught me...
Asian-American, Female, Story
Multiple Ethnicities Causing an Identity Crisis Many issues in the United States affect minorities because of the diversity formed from generations of immigration. America is made up of immigrants and the sons and daughters of those immigrants. I am a daughter of an...
Asian-American, Female, Story
It’s Not Only What We See on the Surface I have black hair, dark brown eyes, and brown skin. Looking at me, people might think they know my ethnicity right away. They usually assume I’m just Indian, but I’m actually part Chinese as well. My...
