For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be less Asian. Less foreign. Less other. So, I hid. I hid any trace of culture. My senior year of high school, I realized that I hid and ignored my ethnicity so well, that I forgot I was even intentionally hiding it. It became a way of life.

Letters, Identity, ProtectCorynne StaresinicAugust 29, 2018Asian American, Diversity, Discrimination, Racism, Race & Immigration, Race, Solidarity Comments

The Courageous Witnesses of Women: How My Mom and I Found Home After Crossing the Border

“My mom worked as a banker in Mexico, and we lived a stable life, along with the help and support from family members. Throughout the years, my mom experienced a lot of fear and trauma... Her last experience where she got held at gunpoint, was the last straw…”

Letters, Identity, ProtectCorynne StaresinicAugust 22, 2018Immigration, Discrimination, Dreamer, DACA, American immigrant, Solidarity, America, Mexico, Race, Race & Immigration Comment

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