Throughout my life I have been met with tokens of my culture and environment along every path I have taken. These little mementos, whether critical or commendable, have blossomed into a new outlook upon life for me to simply become a better person and help the community in any way I can. Born and raised from a half Taiwanese and half American heritage, I grew up bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English. As a child, my parents and other close...

Clink! Clank! Discordant sounds resonate through the still morning air in a syncopated beat. Occasionally, they stop for short pauses and a consortium of laughter fills the air with one of the voices sounding like a horse with a clogged windpipe. A sound that I can hear clearly, even though I am several whole blocks away inside my friend’s house. Well, I guess I forgot to mention there are several gaping holes in the ceiling and walls of his...

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