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Guess I should’ve gone to law school…

Culture is Found When I was growing up, it was hard to find a place to belong to. My parents had immigrated to America and there were struggles. The school I had transferred to in first grade was predominantly White. I had a difficult time fitting in. Though I knew at a young age I loved to color and draw. As I got older I explored other mediums. I treasured the opportunities that art gave me and I was able to make friends through it. In the culture of artists, I was able to relate to others outside of my ethnic identity.

This had me thinking about cultural legacies and my experience with Asian-American culture. When my parents moved to North America and had kids, they chose to raise us as “Americans.” None of us speak our parents’ native tongue and a lot of their culture hasn’t been present in our lives. It’s been a journey to try and claim parts of my Asian cultural heritage while feeling removed from it. I’m not sure how everything fits together, but it’s really interesting how cultures change, disperse, and persist as we move through time and space.