During the 1970s economic depression in India, my grandfather made decisions that shaped our family for generations. After completing...

"Grave of the Fireflies" (1988, Studio Ghibli). I watched the film on Netflix with my parents, and by the end of the movie, we were all...

In the early 1900s, under Japan's rule over Korea, my great-grandfather left his homeland to study in Japan. There, he met my...

Background: After the May 18 People's Uprising in 1980, the struggle for democratization continued during the presidencies of Chun...

The flurries of white outside the window, accompanied by harsh winds whistling in her ears, was typical of New York winters. My mother,...

In 1950 in Tunis, Tunisia, a girl named Kheira Chekiri was born; she has seven older brothers. For the first eleven years of your life,...

This is the story I will forever hold of my father and the struggles and challenges he has overcome for me to be where I am now. My...

This is a story about my grandmother in Pakistan, 1947. This was the time of Indian partition, and India and Pakistan were forcibly...

My great-grandfather owned a hotel business in North Korea when the war broke out. He decided to escape to South Korea to keep his family...

My grandma moved to NYC at the end of the 70’s. Her sister brought her to her new home, informing her that she had a new job. Sewing...

"NY in the 80s was... different," my grandmother likes to say. She came to NY as a student from Korea. She didn't speak English very well...