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 The screaming of an alarm rung throughout my house, yelling and repeating itself until I got out of bed on this breezy warm day. I recall waking up feeling as if my whole life had just clicked together overnight. Applications were due. A few days ago, my high...
Asian-American, Female, Story
Phone Call The first phone call came on the day after my 6th birthday. “Happy Birthday, anak” a stranger’ voice had greeted me. Anak which means child in Filipino. I would later on associate this stranger’ voice as the voice of my mother, a...
