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I am a Southeast Asian Vietnamese American woman. I show up in every space that…
My grandparents were warriors. They fought against apartheid in South Africa in the 1950s and…
Enough. Slam. Click. Lock. What to do with the key? Guess I’ll give it a…
American-born Iranians from my generation understand a few things as fact: We are expected to…
Long ago in a distant world, life used to be so normal that an abnormal…
I was born! And when I was born, I was a cute little baby. Fresh,…
Before I was born the erasure of my origins was imprinted in my genes the…
The glimmer of the setting sun brushes the tips of grassy plains. The scene is…
The COVID-19 Pandemic has been an informing moment in time for me. When life changed…
For millions of students enrolled in college programs, this year looks drastically different than previous…
My body lurched and pressed against the young male doctor in training next to me,…
I just finished viewing a documentary about dark-skinned Black females, women with melanin magic, women…
On the eve of the 2020 presidential election, anxiety is mounting over the looming prospect…
My four-year-old daughter, Xun — her name means wind in Chinese — started attending the…
Over the summer, the members of my high school’s debate club Zoomed in from countries…