This post features an interview with Maya Hernandez who shares her experience being Mexican-American and Japanese-American. about Maya Maya is a research scientist who studies youth well-being and mental health in the context of the digital age. This includes understanding civic engagement and identity formation in this era of social media. She was born in Tokyo in the Yokota Air Force Base. Her father was in the military and she is half Japanese, half Mexican-American. Being

This post features an experience from an anonymous student who shares their experience of having immigrant parents. the journey here While our interviewee was born in the United States, both of their parents immigrated from Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, México. Their father immigrated here with his uncle in the early 1990s due to the scarce job opportunities in rural México. Their father quickly adapted to the new culture, learning English and American culture. As a child of imm

This post features an interview with Antony who shares his experience as a first generation immigrant from Cambodia. seeking safety Around 1975, Cambodia was undergoing a civil war and was under the control of Khmer Rouge. The group turned the country into a dictatorship and forced its citizens to peform hard labor. Antony's family was involved in a cruel regime that no one would want to engage in; him and his family weren't given any food and were forced to do grueling work.