Giving fake names at the Starbucks counter were, for a long time, a norm in my life.

This column for the Epic covers my personal journey with my identity with a focus on my ethnic name. It details how I’ve gone from hating it to embracing and even loving it. The piece won a Best of SNO student journalism award.

See the publication here: https://lhsepic.com/9928/opinion/embracing-my-ethnic-name-without-shame/