What I Call "Longing Independence"
Maybe in a year or two from now, I hope to grow out of my naivety and turn into a person that knows what she knows, and learns from her...
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Jennifer Vu
- Feb 20
- 2 min
A Gilded Innocence
At six years old, you would’ve seen me playing with Barbies, wearing rainbow shirts and horizontally striped skirts, and enjoying my...
Emily Dissanayake
- Feb 20
- 5 min
Hottest Place in Hell
I experienced some sort of moral edification last summer. Sheltered by suburbia, I watched the world around me burn. Spending the days...
Aubrey Meiling
- Feb 20
- 3 min
American Girl
Assimilation was a vocabulary term I’d only read in history books and therefore only used in essays. It was presented as a prehistoric idea.
Anuva Chowdhury
- Feb 20
- 2 min
in this prayer i don't have a name
i know nobody. i swear. nobody knows me.
Lilirose (Rose) Luo
- Feb 20
- 3 min
californification
You will have a conversation with your mother, sitting in between hot-white slats of ladled sunlight, about coming-of-age.
Emily Dissanayake
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Day-18
I held his ballot tightly. It was just us outside, but I gripped it so that no one could take it away.
The ballot was thumping in my hand...
Eric Nhem
- Feb 5
- 5 min
Thank You DAY
Dear Asian Youth, All good things must come to an end. This will be my last piece for Dear Asian Youth as a member of the writing team....
Prerna Kulkarni
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Unusual Fields
Dear Asian Youth, “Just like Daddy,” six-year-old me wanted to be an electrical engineer. My dad has been working with computers for most...
Eric Nhem
- Feb 5
- 5 min
Letter to You
You don’t remember me. Why would you? For you, it was just another day at school. For me, it was the day you took my voice. 2017, my...
Elisha-Grace King
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Dear Rejection Letter
This message is to high schoolers to assure them that their worth is not defined by what schools they get into, but by their effort.
Jennifer Vu
- Feb 3
- 2 min
The Cup of Coffee
A letter expressing my endearment to Vietnamese coffee
Li Yin
- Feb 3
- 2 min
All I Feel is Joy
I want to explore how moving around all though my life impacted my unique relationship with all the people I love, scattered in the world...
Aileen Pradhan
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Dear Baa
A letter to my late paternal grandfather, who I only had the chance to meet once when I visited Nepal 10 years ago...
Eric Nhem
- Jan 28
- 7 min
Mother, Daughter Caretaker
I don’t know how she does it. My mom is a superhero: the Wonder Woman of our family. I’ve always respected her. I mean, how could I not?...
Aubrey Meiling
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Choosing the Dream
My grandfather had immigrated to the US in the 1940s, leaving behind his home, his culture, and his mom. Devoting his life to running a C...
Jennifer Vu
- Jan 9
- 4 min
AP Statistics Changed My Narrative
I know I’m not the only one who feels like this, as AP Calculus AB tested everyone’s math performance. Kumon set me up for the class quit...
Yi-Ann Li
- May 20, 2020
- 6 min
The Act of Falling Between Cultures
For many of us, loving our ethnic names is a journey in and of itself. Yi-Ann Li’s Chinese name, 李一安, means “peace” and “unity”.
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