Chan, Priscilla
“Drawing the Boundaries”
Priscilla Chan is from New York City, New York, and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in environmental science and public policy. She is currently teaching math and science in New York and studying environmental and occupational health sciences at Hunter College.

Chang, May
“Being Oil”
May Chang is from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, with degrees in English education and writing. She currently teaches high school English.

Chaudhury, Nupur
“A Place Where I Want to Be”
Nupur Chaudhury is from Boston, Massachusetts, and is studying English and urban studies at Bryn Mawr College.

Chen, Jenny
“Half and Half”
Jenny Chen is from Taipei, Taiwan, and Scarsdale, New York, and graduated from Williams College with degrees in philosophy and psychology. She currently works at Advocates for Children in New York as an Americorps VISTA.

Desai, Shiv
“The Confession: Part Two”
Shiv Desai is from New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers College with degrees in psychology and urban planning. He currently studies at Teachers College for Educational Leadership.

Di, Francine
“The Jazzian Singer”
Francine Di is from Houston, Texas, and studies piano performance and English at Rice University.

Goswami, Joyee
“Understanding Life, Ma, and Me”
Joyee Goswami is from New Orleans, Louisiana, and graduated from Rice University with degrees in biology and Asian studies. She is currently studying at the Louisiana State University Medical School.

Greene, Julie Jia-Yi
“China Pearl”
Julie Jia-Yi Greene is from Cupertino, California, and graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in environmental studies. She currently works at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington, D.C.

Halim, May Ling
“Brown Skin”
May Ling Halim is from Fountain Valley, California, and studies psychology at Stanford University.

Hu, Wendy
“Shen ai shi ren”
Wendy Hu is from Santa Barbara, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in mass communications. She is now working in electronic publishing, as well as interning for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Huh, Joann Yi Jung
“Roots and Wings”
Joann Yi Jung Huh is from Seoul, Republic of Korea, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in political science. She is currently studying at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt School of Law.

Huynh, Mai Anh
“Double-A”
Mai Anh Huynh is from Evansville, Indiana, and studies biochemistry at Harvard University.

Kawamura, Jessica
“Lost and Found in Asian America”
Jessica Kawamura is from Berkeley, California, and attends Head Royce High School.

Kim, Michael
“Out and About: Coming of Age in a Straight White World”
Michael Kim is from Dayton, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history and science. He is currently studying at Oxford University.

Kinney, Rebecca J.
“Seoul Searching”
Rebecca J. Kinney is from Royal Oak, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with degrees in American culture and sociology. She currently works for Resource Development Associates for Asian Neighborhood Design, a San Francisco–based nonprofit.

Leung, Katie
“ABC for Life”
Katie Leung is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and graduated from the University of Florida with a major in Political Science and a minor in East Asian Languages. She will be working in North Carolina as a high school Social Studies teacher.

Macapinlac, Frederick
“Doppelgänger”
Frederick Macapinlac is from San Diego, California, and attends Scripps Ranch High School.

Miñano, Janet
“Brown in Faded Blue Genes”
Janet Miñano is from Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in English literature. She currently is a teacher.

Nguyen, Vinh
“Comings and Goings”
Vinh Nguyen is from Stockton, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in English and Southeast Asian studies. He currently teaches and writes.

Noerper, Matthew
“A Little Too Asian and Not Enough White”
Matthew Noerper is from Deerfield, Illinois, and studies economics and theater at Pomona College.

Poon Cheung Fai, Felix
“Death of a Butterfly”
Felix Poon is from Western Massachusetts and Hong Kong, and studies sociology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Puri, Sunita
“1984”
Sunita Puri is from Los Angeles, California, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in social and cultural anthropology. She is currently studying South Asian history at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Quang-Dang, Uyen-Khanh
“Thin Enough to Be Asian”
Uyen-Khanh Quang-Dang is from Santa Clara, California, and graduated from Harvard with a degree in history and science.

Reagan, Cavan
“Another American Mutt”
Cavan Reagan, from Omaha, Nebraska, is a news copy editor and designer for The Des Moines Register and a graduate student in journalism and mass communication at Iowa State University. He lives in Ankeny, Iowa.

Seeto, Margot
“Caught between Cultures: Identity, Choice, and the Hyphenated American”
Margot Seeto is from San Francisco, California, and studies Asian American studies and psychology at Wellesley College.

Steuber, Curtis
“Creating Myself”
Curtis Steuber is from Holland, Michigan, and studies international relations at Michigan State University.

Sue, Michael
“How Not to Eat Pho: Me and Asia America”
Michael Sue is from Naperville, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with a degree in health administration. Currently, having graduated from the Northern Illinois University College of Law, he is practicing workers' compensation and personal injury in central Illinois.

Sun, Phillina
“There’s No Place like Home”
Phillina Sun is from San Diego, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in ISF and a focus on diasporic subjectivity/African diasporic literature.

Torres, Jeremiah
“Label Us Angry”
Jeremiah Torres is from Palo Alto, California, and studies symbolic systems at Stanford University.

Wang, Gordon
“Who Am I?”
Gordon Wang is from Fremont, California, and graduated from the University of California at Davis with degrees in comparative literature and genetics. He is currently studying neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley.

Willis, Jeffrey Ryuta
“Language and Identity”
Jeffrey Ryuta Willis is from Kobe, Japan, and graduated from Amherst College with a degree in economics. He is currently studying at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Yang, Bryant
“The Paradox of Being Too Chinese and Not Chinese Enough”
Bryant Yang is from Monterey Park, California, and studies legal studies and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Yang, Yijing
“Chinese Again”
Yijing Yang is from Nanjing, China, and currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Zheng, Duncan
“I Am Going Home”
Duncan Zheng is from Jilin, China and Berlin, Germany. He graduated from Boston College with a degree in finance and currently works as an investment banker.