Being in the middle all my life culturally and how that has made me a more compassionate person who strongly believes in the value of diversity, kindness and broader perspectives.

A realization hit me as we zoomed by the cornfield. I tightened my arms around [redacted], the motorcycle driver, who sensed my nervousness, chuckled, and slowed down. I admired her; we were a mere meter away from falling off the cliff at a steep U-turn the day before. The day after, she was at it again, nonchalantly bursting across the narrow dirt road, as if slow and steady was an unworthy principle for life. I was heading to the train...