America is a unique place: a cultural medley of people brought together by opportunity and circumstance - all trying our best to find a home. It’s human nature to gravitate towards those similar to us. Often, the place we feel most at home is where the people around us are those we can recognize and relate to - people who can empathize with our idiosyncrasies, our habits, our hopes, and our dreams.

 

For Asian-Americans, finding a space to call home can often be a lifetime endeavour. Many of us have immigrant parents whose homelands seem like a distant memory. Some of us have left the places we call home in pursuit of better lives or higher education. Many of us struggle to conform as minorities in white neighborhoods, while others have found community in Asian enclaves. How does this affect the way we see ourselves and how others see us? What does it mean to be Asian-American?

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