Only Being You

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Written Pieces and Stories: Welcome

Pretty for a Brown Girl

The concept of beauty has always been skewed for me. The sentence that once flattered me, now horrifies me. “Don’t compete where you...

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A Special STEM Internship

Two local high schools in New Mexico have teamed up to create a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) core career...

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Being Matured

Have you ever read the book The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Even if you haven't read it, you've probably heard the name once. A...

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Native Americans in COVID

The effects of COVID19 are undeniably apparent. Whether you believe in the virus or not, everyone has had some kind of livelihood change...

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Diaries of a Mixed Kid

When I started kindergarten at my first public school, I had no concept of race or ethnicity. I had no idea that I was different than...

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Asians* Unmasked | Stories of Asian America through Photographs

As most of the world shut down in early March, I found myself just trying to survive each day - anxious, drained, and helpless. Then one...

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Labels

Not too long ago I came out to my sisters as pansexual. Apparently they didn’t know that I was pansexual, and I had just assumed they did...

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No-bake, Egg-free, 3 Ingredient Cheesecake - Vegetarianism

Hello! My name is Shivani and I am proud to say that I am a vegetarian. Whenever people find out I’m vegetarian, one of their first...

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Being Biracial

(Written Interview with Ravi Gadasally) Born and brought up in Los Angeles, California, Ravi Gadasally is a freshman at the Los Angeles...

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Yellow Peril: Why it’s damaging

Hi! My name is Laura and I’ll be a rising senior at Crescent Valley this upcoming year. As a person born under the one child policy in...

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Stereotyping

School is generally considered to be a place full of learning. However, the social aspect of school is an area of gray. An area where...

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To be or not to be: a split identity

Sahana Surya Shah. My full name. Yes, triple S, like a snake. Sahana, meaning tolerance in Sanskrit, Shah, a common last name in Northern...

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Representation

Identity is difficult to define, just as someone’s entire life is hard to explain with only a few words. In my case, the words that...

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The Rainbow Connection

When you’re a little kid, you don’t understand that some people might not like some aspect of you or your family—especially if you’re as...

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