For AAPI Creators

Create a post highlighting your culture and link any art you’d like to promote! CCE will happily reblog and add you to the event masterlist.

For OCs

Where is your OC from?

What is your OC’s favorite thing about their culture?

Who is an AAPI figure your OC looks up to? It could be a parent, a relative, or someone well-known.

How do they celebrate AAPI Heritage Month?

Prompts

Cooking their favorite dish

Attending an AAPI Heritage Month Festival

Visiting their motherland

Visiting an Asian & Pacific Islander Art Museum

Getting to know more about their identity

Karaoke Night

Tea tasting

Food Truck/Street Food Date

Botanical Garden Date

Volunteering at an elderly home

Visiting cultural landmarks

Family Storytelling

Origami making

Teaching or learning a language

AAPI Film Festival

One-Word Prompts

Food

Clothes

Myths

Beliefs

Language

Children

Elders

Nature

Dance

Country

Animals

Music

Ancestors

Tradition

Quick Facts:

Birthday: June 22

Zodiac: Cancer

Personality: nurturing, affectionate, protective, loyal

Born: Seoul, South Korea

Adoptive Parents: Daniel and Emily Day

Hometown: Simsbury, CT

Hair: Medium to Dark Brown, medium length, wavy or straight, sometimes lighter when highlighted

Eye Color: Brown

Height: 5′ 9″

Background:

American couple, Daniel and Emily Day were unable to have children of their own. They turned toward adoption. The process was longer and more tiring than they expected but their hearts warmed when they learned they finally had been accepted. They traveled to Seoul to meet their prospective daughter, and couldn't have been more overjoyed knowing she would be theirs. Soon, they would bring Laura home and their lives would never be the same.

Her parents never hid her adoption with her. They were open with her and offered her help with any struggles she might have. They celebrated that she was different. Her parents made sure that Laura's teachers acknowledged her heritage and they didn't take it lightly when children made comments and if teachers tried to brush it off.

Laura does not know her birth parents. When she was in her teens she did look for them briefly, but she didn't find them. After she got pregnant, her focus became Lily and her life switched course.

Fun Facts:

Laura is an only child. Her parents considered adopting a second child but with Laura things felt complete.

Speaks English, Korean, and French

Laura plays the violin. She had a Korean-American teacher, Min-Ji Park, who taught her violin but also helped her learn more about her culture. She had a daughter whom Laura became close to.

Laura learned to cook traditional Korean dishes and shared them with her family.

Laura's parents helped her learn about and celebrate Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) and Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving).

Following the events of MOTY, Laura goes back to school and becomes a nurse

Does not have a lot of relationship experiences, Guy was her first serious relationship. After that, she focused on Lily and trying to get by. She did have a few brief relationships (with both men and women), but she never let them get too far. Only one of them ever met Lily (once). It went well, but Laura got scared and pushed her away.

Laura's parents were happy to help and support her with Lily when Guy left, but Laura pulled away. She had a hard time dealing with his betrayal in abandoning them. She eventually went to therapy to help her realize this wasn't about her. His actions were his fault and not of her. Unfortunately, due to the cost she wasn't able to continue therapy.

Levi was different because he got to know (and love) Lily while Laura was also getting to know him. Lily loving Levi and Levi caring for her made Laura's walls break down and give him a real chance.

Laura taught Lily to speak Korean.

Laura and Lily share a love of K-Pop, BlackPink is one of their favorites.