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In this portrait panel project, I attempted to capture expressions that are integral yet often unrecorded. Typically participants were asked to convey something they felt that was related to their Asian identity — or something, anything.

April 23, 2023

Any Yale dining hall at 6 pm demonstrates how drastically different the realities faced by people in the same room at the same time doing […]

April 18, 2023

Any Yale dining hall at 6 pm demonstrates how drastically different the realities faced by people in the same room at the same time doing […]

April 18, 2023

The first spot I remember noticing Moles on face was the one near my right nostril. Before that, I had never thought much about  the […]

April 18, 2023

I knew planes well enough during pre-COVID days. My family always made it a point to visit my grandparents in Shanghai each summer, a ritual […]

April 18, 2023

Have you ever wondered why Vietnamese people are the proprietors of most nail salons that you visit in the United States? When American actress Tippi […]

April 17, 2023

The following is not an account of one AAPI student’s experience. The following is not an account of one American’s experience. I slather Tiger Balm […]

April 17, 2023

I wasn’t expecting authenticity at the dining hall’s Chinese New Year dinner. But next to the vessels of artificial almond extract labeled “almond cookies” and […]

April 17, 2023

I’ve always had a complicated relationship with the term “Korean-American.” I grew up in a traditional Korean household with two parents who spoke the language […]

April 17, 2023

Nine years ago, I missed the health class where they split up fifth grade girls and boys for the puberty talk. I was busy volunteering […]

April 17, 2023

Discourse around Asian American medical experiences has become more prevalent in recent years. While the journey is by no means done, recent initiatives at Yale, […]

April 14, 2023