STUDENTS OF LIVING

This is a follow-up to my last post, in case you haven’t read it. Friday, May 19 at approximately 7:00 in the morning, I published the original article about the school where I was teaching. Within six hours of publishing, we had raised half of what was needed to put a soundproof ceiling over the heads of almost 200 students at Sunrise English Boarding School in Lalitpur, Nepal. By the end of that weekend we had reached our goal, and nearly a week later we had significantly s

Where do immigrants belong? This is a question that has been in the news for the past several months, and one that has plagued me throughout my entire life. Being born to immigrant parents is a challenge many may not understand, but I do. Inclusion is an important part of our lives and it’s human nature to want to feel a sense of comfort, a sense of home, a sense of belonging. Growing up in America, people looked at my skin and features and said I wasn’t American. When I visi